Word: sank
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...elegant 35 on the first nine brought Burke within reach, and on the 18th green, a tricky, downhill putt lay between him and a one-under-par 71. Putting with a crisp tap, as if he were driving a tack into the ball, Burke sank the all-important shot for a 72-hole total...
...most visible result was that the region's collective trade balance sank in a year from $564 million to $130 million (on export sales worth more than $7 billion). By mid-1955 imports of capital goods had sagged, and Latin American industry failed to show a healthy expansion during 1955. And the worst drop in imports of capital goods probably is still to come, as a delayed reaction to forced cutbacks in orders...
...attacked for failing to take decisive and effective control over Britain's worsening domestic economy. Last week in the House of Commons the subject was foreign affairs-presumably the Prime Minister's specialty. Eden came under the strongest parliamentary attack he has ever faced, and his authority sank to its lowest level in his eleven months as Prime Minister...
...handling commissions, as do big-board brokers; instead, they buy stock with their own money for sale at a profit. But they found it hard to make money on Ford stock. Issued at 64½ a share, it shot to 70¼. Then, for the next three weeks, it sank steadily to a low of 59½. Thus many traders found themselves continually selling Ford at a loss. As Ford hit the big board last week, many over-the-counter houses were glad...
...standin' here all day with this cream gettin' soft on me,' Mr. Pint said . . . and sank again to his knees. He resumed cranking...