U.S. officials previously said they were re-examining the list of targeted individuals and could drop some names if convinced that they are working for the good of the country.

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Other London hotels have bigger names to drop, feel more cutting-edge, or have Michelin-starred chefs to tout.

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There is some art-world satire, which is gross knockabout stuff, and lists of the best names to drop frequently occupy up to half a page of unredeemed showing-off.

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Marketers for famous-architect buildings have big names to drop.

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Install ForgetBox on your computer, select what you want to send, drop it in ForgotBox, choose names from your contact list and forget about it.

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One out of three Indians cannot read and write their own names and half the children who join primary school drop out.

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Without mentioning names, he said this week that he was going to drop ten of the 35 cabinet posts and overhaul his team.

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Another sector very much in focus Wednesday was defense, with most names trading in negative territory including a 4.7% drop for Northrop Grumman and a 4.6% fall for Lockheed Martin.

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These are some of the code-names from long ago of the defended hill outposts and paratroop drop-zones set in the waving elephant grass of the Indochinese highlands at Dien Bien Phu.

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