Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...outset of a campaign that progressed from disarray to the brink of disaster, Hubert Horatio Humphrey confessed to close aides: "I'm dead." He was down so far he had no place to go but up. And up he went-up from a 16-point deficit in the polls, up from the chaos of the Democratic Convention. When he bade good night to loyal Democratic Party workers in the ballroom of the Leamington Hotel in Minneapolis at 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 6, the Vice President was racing neck and neck against Richard Nixon. Crucial states were still teetering...
Selling Off. Cole now plans to cut costs drastically to reduce future losses like last quarter's $1,200,000 deficit. He hopes to retain as many of his 1,700 highly skilled production workers as possible, while selling off a small Long Island subsidiary and sizable chunks of Chicago real estate once earmarked for expansion space. Preferring to press on in living color even if it is red, Cole still does not plan to diversify, or even return to black-and-white, which has recently been enjoying a modest boom...
...Vice President could campaign in affluence. But things did not turn out that way. The Democrats figure that by Election Day they will have spent only about $10 million, less than half as much as the Republicans have budgeted. After Nov. 5, the Democrats expect to face a deficit of perhaps $5 million. This relative penury has deprived Humphrey of the prime air time that Richard Nixon has been able to employ with marked effect...
Eventually, aircraft sales will help lift exports. Though expected to top $1 billion this year, exports are still far short of covering expected imports of $1.7 billion. This year's payments deficit will reach $600 million, compared with $425 million last year. Finance Minister Sharef figures that his treasury's healthy $900 million in reserves will tide the country over until Israel...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences budget is tight right now--Dean Ford has predicted a $2.4 million deficit for 1968-69--and Ford confirmed yesterday that the higher salary schedule that goes with the Dunlop Committee plan would probably reduce the number of appointments each department can make...