Word: lulls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after-Christmas lull, department stores slashed prices as much as 75% on hundreds of items. Examples: in Seattle, Sears, Roebuck sold $9.95 kitchen tables for $1.98; in Philadelphia, Snellenburg's cut prices on men's, suits from $27.50 to $18.71. In many cases even drastic cuts failed to lure buyers. Sellers hoped that the lull was temporary. Buyers hoped that their turn had finally come...
...sudden ending of the strike brought a feeling of relief to many mining towns which were experiencing a pre Christmas lull, but feelings of individual miners were mingled...
...would Harry Truman fare as minority President? The answer waited upon the next Congress. During the post-election lull the President was already battening down the hatches...
...battle of the bands sort of blew away in the Stadium gale . . . . the Yale tooters looked blue all the way through in the flimsy outfits as the wind whipped through the loose-fitting uniforms . . . the Harvard Band started out with the temporary advantage of a lull in the storm, but the Crimson stands burst into a consternated hum when their drum major, failed in two attempts to catch his baton after throwing it over the goal posts...
Lieut. Cowin fell, fatally wounded. Under Major Fred. J. Freese, a U.S. Army Special Service officer, the marines dug in for an all-day fight. But, after four hours, they had run out of mortar shells. Major Freese seized on a lull, ordered his men to make a break. In Peiping that night the weary detachment completed its mission. Its casualties: three killed, twelve wounded...