Word: slowdowns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sadeh feels sure that by January he should be able to detect an apparent speedup in the pulsar clock when compared with its rate this month-a clear indication that earth time has slowed by the same amount. If Einstein was right, that observed slowdown will total about 1/ 100th of a second per year. "If our measurements are accurate and we don't get this result," says Hoffmann, "then we scientists-and the Einstein theory-are in trouble...
Poor Lighting. Steel companies have experienced economic problems of their own. Hurt by the cost of new equipment, competition from foreign imports, and the slowdown of the economy during last year's first half, most steelmakers suffered sharp earnings declines in 1967. Sales of United States Steel Corp., the industry leader, dropped 8% to $4.07 billion; profits were down by 31% to $172.5 million. Business at most companies has perked up in recent months, but that is partly because of customer stockpiling in anticipation of a strike. Inventories built up by steel users now stand at 30 million tons...
...said he would let Congress cut anywhere it wanted. Neither side seems likely to give in any time soon. Some key figures in the dispute think that the whole matter will be left up to a new Congress and a new President. Meanwhile, the economy spurts ahead, with no slowdown in sight...
...even larger share of the war's burden is, thus, about to be shifted onto Negroes. The ghetto will be directly hit by the curtailing of federal programs, but the unemployment resulting from a slowdown of the economy may have an even greater impact. Negroes have always been the first to be laid off as firms react to a decelerating economy, and it is probable that the number laid off will peak sometime during the summer. If the President and Congress were trying to build riot potential, their timing could scarcely have been better...
...lucky enough to still have one. Because of the curtailment of working hours, there is far less economic activity. Some 20 freighters, for example, are lined up in the river waiting to be unloaded. The lack of these imports means fewer jobs, smaller pay packets. Partly because of the slowdown, hundreds of small businessmen have gone broke. As a result, the Saigonese have less money to spend at a time when they need it most just to keep alive...