Word: slump
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Campbell opened the meeting by stating that "ball games are not won by men on probation." He introduced Mr. Reid, who was captain of the nine in 1900 and 1901, and is a member of the Baseball Advisory Committee. Mr. Reid declared that the present slump in baseball must end. The first radical step in that direction he said was the appointment of a graduate coach so that the Coach, the Captain, and the Committee will be free from friction. He emphasized the fact that the midyear examinations call for a sacrifice, and the players must make this sacrifice...
This week Coach Farrell will try to shake the team out of Saturday's costly slump in preparation for the Intercollegiates, on Monday, November 24. Last year, after losing to Dartmouth, Maine, Tech, and Yale, the Crimson came back in the Intercollegiates, defeating all four and finishing third...
Four years ago, Russia, which drank half the world's tea production, was forced to forego luxuries. In consequence, the tea business entered a disastrous slump. About $225,000,000 British capital is invested in the tea industry; some 400 growers in India and Ceylon are financed in London; and about two-thirds of the world's crop is sold in the Mincing Lane market in London. The British made up their minds that if Russians could not buy tea, somebody else must. They subscribed $2,000,000 for publicity and advertising, to increase tea-drinking. Just...
...England railroads also show the local tourist slump. Passengers on the B. & M. in June were 10% fewer than for June, 1923; ap parently about the same decrease was experienced on the New Haven...
Financial opinion, impressed with the severity of the current steel slump, was dubious regarding the showing which the U. S. Steel Corporation would make during the second quarter of 1924. When recently the results of operation for the three months ending June 30, 1924, were announced, however, a more optimistic attitude was prompted. During this period, net earnings of the Steel Corporation were $41,381,039, or $3.44 on each common share, compared with net of $50,075,445 for the first quarter of 1924 and $47,858,181 in the second quarter...