Word: fallings
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...middle class? As some of its members fall into poverty and others acquire wealth, it has been shrinking. Economic consultant and investment adviser Gary Shilling calculates that the group made up of households earning from $20,000 to $60,000 a year in inflation-adjusted 1985 dollars has dwindled from 53% of the nation in 1973 to 49% in 1985. Median family income is about $30,850, almost exactly what it was 15 years ago when inflation is factored in. But even that may overstate the fortunes of the middle class, whose living standards have gone down in several ways...
Housing: One of the proudest achievements of the post-World War II economy was converting the U.S. from a nation of renters to one of homeowners. But in the past eight years, home ownership has declined for the first time since 1940. The fall has been sharpest for young families; for people between 35 and 39, the percentage owning their own homes has dropped from 61% to 53% since Reagan became President. Middle-class salaries have simply fallen far short of the inflation in housing costs: today's average home buyer has to save 50% of / a full year...
...squad will cap off the fall season in the 45-team New England tournament to be held at New Seabury, Ma., next Tuesday and Wednesday...
...Fullback Scott Malaga is Hinz's equivalent in the backfield. He has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of Cornell's first three games. He is averaging 4.7 yards per carry and has scored four TDs. If Sumida is the QB, most of the offensive burden will fall to Malaga...
When definitive results became known early yesterday morning, a noisy caravan of automobiles formed at a downtown traffic circle, with drivers beeping their horns and shouting, "He's going to fall...