Word: slow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...medical treatments improved, the surgeons began to slow down on hysterectomies. But, says Manhattan...
Signs of Slowdown. Amid such continuing symptoms of inflation, there were a few signs that the economy could be starting to slow down. Many of its so-called "leading indicators"-statistics that point to future trends-have stopped rising. Normally, such change portends a general slackening in about six months. The Commerce Department reported last week that Americans, who had saved only 6.3% of their incomes in the free-spending third quarter of 1968, socked away 6.9% last quarter. The figures confirm what retailers have already noted: a drop in consumer buying. Now, as expected, the squeeze seems...
...that Johnson had assured him that his guns would never be needed, and in fact advised the skipper not to show "any aggressive intent" if harassed by North Korean or Soviet vessels. This attitude seemed to lull Bucher into a false sense of security, which may explain his rather slow realization that the North Koreans meant business. But, as a result, he was plainly in no position to resist capture...
Chatô himself was more pirate than pachyderm. He loved to swoop down on an Old Master for sale on the New York art market and carry it off before slow-moving U.S. museums could get their boards of trustees to approve its purchase. He liked to boast that he once snapped up 33 pictures at the Wildenstein Gallery before lunch, then talked the Brazilian government into giving him a $3,000,000 loan to finance his purchases. As the "museum" grew, it was moved from one makeshift quarters to another. In recent years, it has been housed in Chateaubriand...
...other side of the lines, why were the Allies so slow to spot the buildup? How did 500 trainloads of supplies cross the Rhine undetected? Answer: intelligence officers, like everybody else, tend to see only what they are looking for, and they were convinced that the Germans were on the defensive for good...