Word: falters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...something nobody else wanted. Founded in 1872 by Confederate Brigadier General William J. Palmer, the company prospered in steel and coal as the railroads snaked westward, was bought by the Rockefellers at the turn of the century. But under absentee ownership, C.F. & I. began to falter. Its mines and mills ran down, its labor relations deteriorated. The company became notorious for the famed Ludlow Massacre of 1914, in which 33 men, women and children were shot down by the state militia, most of them C.F. & I.-employed guards. Time and again the Rockefellers tried to sell their old property...
...commission in disillusionment-to marry a rich widow, gain election to the House of Burgesses (he bought vast quantities of ale and rum, as was the custom, to get out the vote), and to live the life of a prosperous but restless country gentleman. But he did not falter, 16 years later, as the fever of rebellion swept the colonies. "The . . . peaceful plains of America are either to be drenched with Blood or Inhabited by Slaves," he wrote. "Can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice...
...quietly, the Soviet world put on mourning. The momentous news had come piece by piece over 48 hours, every word carefully prepared and timed to cushion the shock. Everything about it suggested that a fresh, firm hand had taken over the instant Joseph Stalin's had begun to falter...
...woman held out her tambourine. An S.A. cap sat on her stringy grey curls; her eyes all pity, piety and purity. Thin shoulders were covered by a ragged shawl and she wore galoshes. Not a pair of eyes passed she didn't peer into, not a pair didn't falter; not a hand didn't change into her tambourine. Christmas spirit went with every "Bless...
Wall Street's bull market has been faltering ever since it hit its 20-year peak on May 3. Last week, the bull did more than falter; it fell. At midweek a wave of selling struck the market just before noon, drove some stocks down as much as six points. Before that day's close, the market got back some of its losses, and it held steady to week's end. But its old, heady vigor seemed to be gone...