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Word: slackest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Best business spot recently has been auto sales, with 1940's first two months up about 30% from 1939. But January and February are the year's slackest sales period, and even good February sales were not able to keep pace with February production of 409,667 cars and trucks (down 12.6% from 1939 peak). By March 1 dealers had over 460,000 cars on their floors, and at the current rate may have nearly 550,000 units on hand April 1 (400,000 is considered about par for that date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Springtime in Production? | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

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