Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...holds three massive military advantages: the atom bomb; undisputed control of the sea; industrial power which can be turned to war with a speed and efficiency that no nation can duplicate. It also has 14 million battle-trained Army & Navy veterans; their availability for battle service will drop rapidly with the passage of time. In five years, less than half will be usable...
...slug away, and what inevitably happens? There are men on second and third and Williams is up. Even the little thrill of pleasure that makes me quiver to think that I can predict a play is not enough to offset the tragic disappointment when the great Ted has to drop his bat and sidle to first. It is the great flaw in the American psyche. And how would you like to be the guy (poor bastard) who they walk Williams to get to. He's the fellow who will then hit into a double play. Imagine how he feels, letting...
...Holland was leading Rose by a few seconds. A sudden fear seized Lou Moore: would his two drivers get into a stretch rivalry, burn up his beautiful autos and drop out when the race was all but won? Time after time, on the chalk board he ordered "EZY" as Holland passed the pit. On the 193rd lap, with auto racing's biggest honor his for the taking, Rookie Holland obeyed the "EZY" sign-and Oldtimer Mauri Rose (who had cracked up on the 40th lap last year) went into the lead. When a mechanic got set to signal Rose...
This was enough to cause overall production, still in the stratosphere, to drop slightly. The Federal Reserve Board index slipped from 190% (1935-39 average: 100) to 187. Retailers, worried about possible price drops, were not buying as fast as they had been. As a result, the movement of goods from manufacturers slowed down. Another $450 million in goods piled up in manufacturers' inventories in April. This boosted them to $22 billion, almost twice the prewar peak...
...prospects of plenty-and a buyers' strike-had already made Scotch prices drop from their $10 to $12 Christmas level to around $6. One New York City retailer last week advertised Ballantine's at $5.49, Haig & Haig 5-Star at $5.28. Gone altogether were the tie-in sales of rum and wine...