With Virginia Madsen the penny never dropped.

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It was--having seen this very first pattern, the penny dropped almost immediately.

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In March, we learned today, the average wage dropped a penny an hour.

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It's almost as though the penny's dropped in Number Ten.

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Suddenly the penny dropped and things have really gathered pace recently.

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The penny only dropped when he continued that it therefore deserved an Oscar.

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The broker Benevides was urged to call was later fired and dropped his license over penny stock improprieties.

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Twitter also dropped the minimum bid for its auction-based ad system from 50 cents to a penny.

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Now the penny has dropped that the pending TNK-BP sale is far more about the Russian state rather than St.

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