Word: falloff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...falloff in rail travel had turned the white granite building into a mausoleum. The railroads were eager to raze it and put up an office building. There was no longer any need for a station that could support crowds of 175,000, as it had during World War II, or a staff of 5,000 to operate the city within the station: bowling alley, mortuary, bakery, butchery, YMCA hotel, ice house, resident doctor, liquor store, Turkish baths, first-class restaurant, basketball court, swimming pool, nursery, police station and silver-monogramming shop...
...reason for the falloff in participation of this year is that (UHS) did not send information packets to potential donors, as it has in the past. Marling costs and problems with address changes forced the agency to withdraw this publicity support UHS officials and yesterday...
...department experienced a major decline in freshman applicants last year when only two freshmen applied. Walker said, She partially attributed the falloff to "subtle or not so subtle pressure by freshman advisors to steer people away from the department, particularly by saying it may be harmful to graduate school and employment plans...
Others--like William R. Fitzsimmons '67, director of admissions--said they had expected some falloff within the next few years...
General Motors, which did not introduce any totally new models this fall but will put out its subcompact J-cars next spring, is likewise suffering a sales falloff. In November it sold 7.1% fewer cars than in the same month last year...