Word: slump
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Grey's spunkiness delighted rich Jewish Banker Ellice Victor (later Sir Victor) Sassoon, inveterate flying bug, who agreed to back him in a new aviation magazine. In June 1911, Editor Grey brought out the first issue of The Aeroplane. Through several changes of management, many a near-fatal slump, he held the editorial chair. Lately, under the aegis of Temple Press, the magazine boomed...
...there were 28 shows on Broadway. June 1 there were 16. Such a slump is normal enough at season's end, but this year Broadway thought that the New York World's Fair would keep her dolled up in her midwinter ermines. Instead, with New Yorkers scurrying to Flushing and out-of-towners in no rush to get to New York, the Fair has Broadway limping about in rags. Last month within a few days more casts petitioned Actors' Equity Association to be allowed to take cuts than at any other time in Equity's history...
...income averaged only $53 billions (it is now around $65 billions) and only $8.6 billions were invested in new capital goods. Professor Hansen wasted no time over economists' chicken & egg dilemma whether a big national income begets big investments in new capital or vice versa. He blamed the slump in national income squarely on the slump in capital investment...
...highly improved Junior Varsity crew will face a tough contingent from Syracuse, while the Cornell boat doesn't present too much opposition. With the exception of a slump last Saturday, the Jayvees have consistently bettered their times, and recently have been pressing the Varsity in trials. There is every reason to believe that the second eight will stretch out a length lead at least over the Orange Jayvees, with the Big Red a close third...
...couple of starting positions in the Harvard lineup are uncertain because of Fred Keyes' prolonged hitting slump and the return of veteran Bob Gannett to the lineup. Heckel may start at short in place of Keyes, and either Gene Lovett or Rud Hoye will get the left-field post. HARVARD CORNELL Johns, 2b cf, Brown Gannett, cf 1f, Bowen Grondahl, 3b ss, Polzer Lupien, 1b 1b, Mogk Lovett or Hoye, 1f 3b, Scholl Tully, rf c, Ruddy Fulton, c rf, Matuszak Keyes or Heckel, ss 2b, Finneran Healey, p p, Sickles