He may have feared that Likud would rally behind him for the election and then drop him afterwards.
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He can still ask Scotty to beam his song and symbolism elsewhere on the web or drop him in concert venues.
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But there seems to have been something about his quiet batting that meant the selectors always found it easy to drop him.
He had alleged a "dirty tricks" campaign, which he said prompted Wrexham party members to drop him from the election line-up after 20 years in politics.
Unlike batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, still playing at 41, Muralitharan does not want to force the selectors to drop him, preferring to bow out under his own terms.
They agreed to drop him at the gates of Damascus, but wouldn't take him further -- definitely not to a hospital -- for fear of being targeted themselves.
The quartet does not, however, include Steve Harmison and Strauss confirmed concerns about the Durham paceman's form had led to the decision to drop him from the team.
Sylvester Ashioya, secretary-general of the Kenya Football Federation, said Opiyo's act has left them with no other choice but to drop him from the Harambee Stars for the time being.
She was meant to drop him at his apartment, but when she drew up at the entrance she opened the car door at her side, as he did his, and went to him in the street.
The Bangladeshi government withdrew Choudhury's security protection in May, 2008 and has not reinstated it, despite a congressional resolution, HR 64, passed in March, 2007, calling on Bangladesh to provide security protection to Choudhury, to cease harassment of him, and to drop all charges against him.
Rafa regains control but looks nervous and two poor drop volleys prevent him from seeing out the game.
Federer then dominated the tie-break, a forehand return and a drop shot helping him win five of the last six points.
Mr. Kampelman was a conscientious objector during World War II and did alternate service by participating in a government-funded starvation study that saw him drop in weight to 100 pounds from 160.
The president also nominated New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to become the commerce secretary -- only to have him drop out because of an investigation into a company that once contributed to the Democrat.
Police again ordered him to drop his weapon, he again refused, and police shot and killed him.
Democrats didn't urge him to drop out even after the usually see-no-evil Senate Ethics Committee sharply reprimanded him in July.
It forced him to drop his stick and he fell to the ground, he said.
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That public support is widely thought to have influenced the State Department decision in 1996 to drop its case against him.
Officers asked him to drop the weapon -- commands the lieutenant must have screamed many times before in his 20-year career.
Police said that, when they first made contact with Auvinen, they told him to drop his gun, but he responded with fire.
Before Brown fired, police told him to drop his weapon, Walters said.
At age 14, in 1952, he was getting such poor marks in school that his family urged him to drop out and start a trade.
Jackson won won re-election to Congress last year despite personal problems, including a mood disorder, that caused him to drop out of sight for months during the campaign.
He was walking to a pub to meet friends at the time and said the Tasering had forced him to drop his stick and fall to the ground.
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