Word: falters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...advertisers have their own little hit list, and it is prepared for them by Nielsen, which measures the size of the audience. Advertisers are not likely to stop buying commercials on Dallas. lusty as it is, so long as it remains on top. When it begins to falter in the ratings, sponsors may discover scruples and look for another series. Wildmon's coalition will probably have no influence at all on the top shows, but it may be able to claim credit for killing those series that were already ailing...
Only twice in the remaining minutes did Harvard falter. The Huskies, who had blazed past the Crimson, 11-5, way back on November 25, picked up a goal from Paul Filipe at 12:32 of the first period and captured the momentum early in the second. But Wade Lau, playing a dominant game in the Crimson nets, made the glove save on Randy Bucyk and the stick save on Gerry Cowie to douse the threat effectively...
...final Northeastern rush came when Sandy Beadle scored just 23 seconds into the final stanza. The icemen, not quite sure how to handle a 9-2 lead, began to falter, and Northeastern flooded the Crimson zone and seemed ready to put a few more past Lau. But the junior netminder's point-blank stop of a Tim Jacobs bullet repulsed one threat, and his stick save of Craig Frank darter slapped away another...
...talks falter, workers and farmers launch a new round of protests
Democrat Heller cautioned, however, that Volcker is not likely to repeat his move of last spring and begin excessively increasing the money supply a second time if the economy starts to falter. Said Heller: "Volcker has had a burning experience, and he is now being driven almost by a sense of inner guilt. He eased up too much too soon, and he knows it. Now Volcker may be overcompensating...