Word: slump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sport lover, see. So I figure maybe dese guys is goin' to hockey games or fights, an' I say, why not bring hockey or fights here, so guys can see sports and drink atta same time. So I buy dese gadgets. Slump in business stopped...
Principal factor on which BAE based its slump prediction was the declining volume of consumer purchasing power. In July 1945, real wages & salaries were a whopping 205% of the 1935-39 average, because prices had been held down while pay rose. By last December, real wages had dropped to 168% of the prewar average, because the rise in prices was outstripping wage increases. And the value of real wages was still shrinking. Wages & salaries, the backbone of consumer demand, had been 70% of all income payments in July 1945. By last December they had fallen...
Back in form after a midseason slump, Dunster continued its winning ways yesterday afternoon with a 51 to 30 decision over Adams, thus replacing Dudley in the third place slot. Dunster's "Mutt and Jeff" combination proved invincible, six-foot-four-inch John Brunsman caging 15 points while diminutive George Okamura stole the ball time and time again in the Gold Coasters' back court and contributed four baskets on fast breaks. Wheelright aided a losing cause with his 17-point effort...
...reason the postwar shell was too small was the Navion, North American's new four-place light plane (TIME, April 15), which accounts for 20% of the company's current business. So far, by shrewd selling tactics, Dutch Kindelberger has dodged the slump that has hit small planemakers. He is well aware that the upkeep of a small plane is much too high for most private flyers; the cost of operating a high-priced executive-type plane is too much for most companies. So the $7,750 Navion is being plugged-and sold-more as a work plane...
Harsh winter weather kept a lot of U.S. moviegoers at home during the past few weeks. Variety reported a noticeable slump at box offices. But neither snow nor slush nor biting winds bit too deeply into the popularity...