Word: sluggishness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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First-Half Bulge. In its chronology, however, the new year will be almost a complete reversal of 1967, when a mini-recession created sluggish first and second quarters before the economy began to come back. During first-and second-quarter '68, the NICB forum agreed, auto sales will rebound from effects of the Ford strike and other auto-industry slowdowns. Auto production, plus some stockpiling of steel in anticipation of a steel industry strike, will keep mills humming...
...times last year, Bob Johnson enthralled the Society, in spite of itself, with short bursts of leaping vigor. For three or four minute stretches, Johnson would go wild hitting long jumpers, blocking shots and sparking a sluggish offense. But he tended toward the inconsistent and Gustafson moved past him by season...
Economic torpor this year has gripped not only Britain but also much of continental Europe. Braked by West Germany's first major postwar recession and by sluggish business in France, the Common Market is headed for the slowest expansion in its ten-year history. In its third quarterly report, the Brussels-based EEC Commission has just concluded that the total output of goods and services in the Six will rise only 2½% in 1967, after discounting inflation...
Lanky sophomore Cliff Ruderman has a long reach for a foil man, but moves slowly. Junior Sam Fouts has quick hands, and sophomore Jim Trilling and Art Weissman are good technically. But the whole foil team is sluggish on its feet, Marion said...
...five years, G.E.C.'s earnings quadrupled to $25.4 million, after taxes, on sales of $458.5 million; the company became Britain's third largest electric-equipment manufacturer and one of the country's most profitable operations. This year, with sales of consumer goods off in a sluggish economy, G.E.C.'s earnings have dropped 14% though...