Word: slacks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first two months I studied constantly. I'd been going full steam and getting B+s. The first thing I did was slack off on my work. My grades in Soc Sci 2 slowly dropped down...
...crop years; it might be cut in half during 1976-77. Still, no major shortage looks likely. Brazil has reserves of 21 million bags that could be sold to keep exports close to normal levels over the next three years, until newly planted trees yield a crop. Any slack could be taken up by other producers, primarily in Colombia, who will benefit greatly from the higher prices. Those prices may enable Brazil to earn $500 million more on coffee sales in the next twelve months than it would have if there had been no frost...
...least muted jubilation. The longest, most brutal recession in the lifetime of most Americans is now over, and a recovery is beginning. It is likely to be fitful at first, and the daily headlines will oscillate between bleak and bullish. But shortly after Labor Day, when the usual summer slack period is over, production and sales should be rising fairly rapidly...
...annual rate of consumer price inflation has declined sharply, from 12.2% last year to an average of 5% from March through May. Price rises should continue to be fairly moderate-in the 4% to 6% range for the rest of this year and next year -because so much slack will still remain in the economy. With production running well below capacity, businessmen will be reluctant to post egregious price increases; with unemployment sticking high, few union leaders will cry for outrageous wage rises...
...eight months, was the lowest for any May in 28 years. In addition, the pattern of the upturn is highly checkered. Single-family home construction is picking up on the Pacific Coast and throughout the Midwest, but in the Midwest, at least, the market for apartment buildings remains slack. In the South the recovery has not been felt...