drops

By the time she died, Beth's bladder could hold no more than a few drops of liquid and she would frequently pass pieces of its lining in her urine - an intensely painful process.

Whereas younger investors can easily weather market drops, they are devastating to seniors at the beginning of their retirement.

Jack Burden, the scion of an old-money family from the Louisiana coast, drops out of graduate school and becomes a newspaper reporter.

JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo reported drops in delinquency rates in the third quarter from a year ago.

By their very nature, severe drops in consumer confidence are hard to forecast.