Word: downwardly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there was a danger of a stock-market slide after the announcement of the action against Boesky. If that happened, Boesky would have been forced because of margin debts on his stock accounts to liquidate huge amounts of securities quickly. That could have sent the market into a steeper downward spiral. The SEC apparently decided it would be better for Boesky to dispose of some of his portfolio in advance...
...quiet, at first, for 26-year-old Joseph Schmuckler, program trader for Kidder Peabody. The blinking number on his computer screen, which will signal him when it is time to unleash his electronic firepower, is advising him to wait. But suddenly the stock market begins to move downward, and the telltale digit on Schmuckler's screen starts changing like a countdown at Cape Canaveral. The trader and his two assistants erupt in a frenzy of shouted telephone conversations as they advise colleagues in New York City and Chicago to get ready for a blast of trading orders. "Strap on your...
...trend has produced what might be called the middle-class blues, in which today's young middle-class families live under the threat of downward mobility, fearful that they will be unable to meet the standard set by the previous generation. Says David Jacobsohn, 31, a computer systems analyst in Boston: "I'm not doing as well as my father at this point, but I think in ten years or so I'll be able to." Many people who went into middle-class careers are now bitterly disappointed. Ella Parham, 39, of Boston, earns $31,400 as a third-grade...
...each product and adds a profit of 8%. The Government's first fair market values, set in August, temporarily pushed prices shockingly high. The 256K dynamic RAM chip, for example, shot from about $3 each to as much as $8.75. But last week the Commerce Department recalculated those prices downward, bringing the 256K generally below $4 each...
...pads, rags and tissues in underwear or rubber balloons over the penis. The stigma for all is intense. From early childhood a sense of self-control is deeply connected to successful toilet training, notes Psychologist Ronald Rozensky of Illinois' Evanston Hospital. "Losing that control as adults sets up a downward spiral of helplessness, shame, guilt and withdrawal...