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This year, starts of houses and apartments dropped from an annual rate of 1,900,000 in January to 1,300,000 in August. Despite a September upturn, which most economists dismiss as a freak performance by volatile statistics, the rate of housing starts may dip below 1,000,000 by year's end. "We are facing the worst housing shortage that we have had since the end of World War II," says Walter Hoadley, executive vice president of California's Bank of America. "The crisis is going to get worse...
...months afterward. Turning to cities that have kept precise death records, he discovered that between 1875 and 1915 the death rate in Budapest, which had a large population of Jews, declined markedly during the month before Yom Kippur, the high holy day of atonement; the pre-Yom Kippur "death dip" also occurred during the years 1921-1965 in New York City, which also has a big Jewish population. In the dramatically expectant weeks before every U.S. election between 1904 and 1964, the nationwide death rate showed a marked decline...
...pelagic particles." At first he assumed that his craft was in the wake of an oil tanker that had just cleaned its tanks. But on five occasions he ran into the same substances covering the water so thickly, he told TIME Researcher Nancy Williams, that "it was unpleasant to dip our toothbrushes into the sea. Once the water was too dirty to wash our dishes...
...Garbo, 63, came down for a swim, a maid would appear to case the beach for prowling photographers. If the place was deserted, the maid would deliver an "all-clear" signal and Garbo would appear in a white terry-cloth wrap and plunge in for a brief, ever-watchful dip. Security broke only long enough for some quick shots by a long-lens camera that recorded the famous face, still beautiful despite advancing...
Laver's serve is as unique as it is effective. The man is not physically impressive, but his forearms are massive. On every service the ball rises high over the net, then plunges at an opponent's feet with the speed and dip of a major league sinker. A refined, almost inherent ability to put drastic topspin on his volleys make Laver's returns tortuous to handle, and even when he is caught out of position, and uncanny sixth sense can often keep him out of danger...