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After doing their work, the rockets plummeted into the ocean, where they have been undiscovered for four decades.
CNN: Amazon chief plans to recover Apollo engines from seafloor
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In the absence of such rules, our financial markets spun out of control, credit markets froze, and our economy nearly plummeted into a second Great Depression.
WHITEHOUSE: Weekly Address: Time for Action on Financial Reform for the Economy | The White House
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Rubinstein was hunting near the crash sites of two airplanes that went down in the same area: Eastern Flight 401, a New York flight that crashed as it prepared to land in Miami in 1972, and ValuJet Flight 592, a 1996 flight to Atlanta that caught fire shortly after takeoff and plummeted into the remote swamps west of Miami.
WSJ: Man hunting for pythons finds mysterious jewelry
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Nick Bilton of the New York Times Bits blog wrote a post the other day about how despite having grown his number of Facebook subscribers to a healthy 400, 000, he noticed that his actual engagement numbers (likes and shares) had plummeted per post into the low double digits.
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Heart-stopping switchbacks plummeted downwards between dark cliffs into a gorge cut by the Khunjerab River.
BBC: Following the Silk Road to the end of China
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But within months, growth stalled, unemployment rose to giddy heights, public confidence plummeted, and the country sank into the doldrums.
ECONOMIST: France
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The bus swerved on a stretch of road, lost control and plummeted 400 metres from a cliff into the Sunkosi river, police told the BBC.
BBC: Nepal bus plunges off mountain road 'killing 41'
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The sailors were in a lifeboat when it plummeted about 30 metres (100ft) into the sea from the top deck.
BBC: Man dies in Royal Portbury Dock fall
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Exports have plummeted as customer countries, especially in Asia, have plunged into deep recessions, and America's current-account deficit has risen dramatically.
ECONOMIST: No longer boom, but not yet doom
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For the 30 years since Paul Volcker ran the Fed, interest rates reversed course and have plummeted from over 15% to just 0.25% fooling people now into believing it will stay that way.
FORBES: Bernanke, Buffett, Lappin: Bonds, Gold and Stocks
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Even as Venter was triumphing over the government's gene-mappers in 2000, stock in Celera plummeted as it dawned on investors that the company would have trouble turning DNA data into cash.
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