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  • Plummeting poll numbers of conservative Democrats who voted yea on the bill are not encouraging signs for their nay counterparts, so why flip and ruin your political career?

    ‘Nobody… knows… the bill that we’ll see…’ | RedState 2010

  • Plummeting values for property and other assets, along with a weak economy and still-tight credit markets, have put even the very wealthy in a pinch.

    Downturn Drives Up Wealthy Investors' Borrowing Jilian Mincer 2010

  • Plummeting prices that translate to rising performance are good news for developers, electric car-makers and the global industry at large.

    Michael Moynihan: What's Next for Clean Energy Michael Moynihan 2011

  • Plummeting toward Fang, she screamed, more in frustration than fear.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Plummeting demand for traditional mail delivery, which funds the postal service, has created a looming fiscal crisis that has Congress, postal employees and government officials weighing a venture into non-mail business as a way to stay afloat.

    Post Office Wants More Than Mail Jennifer Levitz 2011

  • Plummeting prices that translate to rising performance are good news for developers, electric car-makers and the global industry at large.

    Michael Moynihan: What's Next for Clean Energy Michael Moynihan 2011

  • Plummeting prices for commodities reflect an abrupt global downturn in industrial activity, but the selloff in steel stocks since the summer anticipated that move.

    ArcelorMittal's Steel Appeal Matthew Curtin 2011

  • Plummeting fruit and vegetable prices have hit Europe's farmers hard this year after an outbreak of virulent E. coli in Germany left at least 26 people dead and thousands more ill.

    French Farmers Attack Fruit Shipments From Spain Caroline Henshaw 2011

  • Plummeting home values and tougher lending standards helped curb that practice, leading some to engage in a far more disturbing habit: borrowing or withdrawing money from their retirement accounts to cope with financial hardship.

    Jason Alderman: Think Twice Before Tapping Retirement Plans Jason Alderman 2011

  • Plummeting toward Fang, she screamed, more in frustration than fear.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

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