Word: plummetted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...morning cartoons: Bang! -- Poof! Boom! -- Poof! Language disintegrated on impact. When Bush slugged Rather with the line about Rather's once walking off the set of the CBS Evening News, the anchorman looked for an instant like Wile E. Coyote when, gimlet-eyed, he understands he is about to plummet into the abyss...
...three-second stint, Hollensteiner saw his scoring average plummet from 9.0 p.p.g. to 6.8, and his rebounding average fall from 4.7 rebounds per game...
...pouring money into the economy and easing interest rates, the U. S. allows the dollar to plummet against other major currencies. Although most economists agree the dollar' s fall is inevitable, it is a dangerous move that will carry a new set of economic risks. Meanwhile, the U. S. is making progress toward cutting its budget deficit and encouraging global economic coordination...
...event has ever dramatized the interdependence of world financial markets quite like the October crash. Last week stock exchanges around the globe continued alternately to plummet and jump upward in violent imitation of the spasms on the New York Big Board. In some cases, the volatility was much worse. In Tokyo, for example, the Nikkei share index dived 4% on Monday, but in a week of wild slides and surges finally closed with a gain of .1%. In London the Financial Times index tumbled 6% on the opening day of trading but struggled back and ended the week with...
...decision is a dramatic rebuke and potential financial disaster for RKO's parent company, Akron-based GenCorp (formerly General Tire and Rubber). Unless the ruling is overturned on appeal, the value of RKO assets -- now estimated to be worth $750 million or more -- could plummet by 90%. Reason: most of the value of a broadcasting station resides in its license. Nonetheless, GenCorp may be able to salvage some of its RKO investment. The company has agreed to sell its highly regarded KHJ-TV to the Walt Disney Co. for $217 million and three radio stations to other buyers...