Word: slump
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This sophomore is not an anomaly. His statement indicates the type of difficulty which affects a substantial segment of the sophomore class every year. Although the problems of freshmen are far more obvious and have received infinitely greater attention, the sophomore slump is now causing administrators increasing concern...
...closed down. Also, and more importantly, the publishers ignored their responsibility to the public when they chose to complete the press blackout. With three newspapers the city could at least keep an eye on its own government; and some of the economic effects of the strike, such as the slump in the entertainment business and the plight of 300 blind news-boys, would be mitigated...
Reason for Confidence. Seeking a solution to the problem of jobs, Macmillan last week gave Lord Hailsham a new ministerial task of studying the northeast depressed areas, and told Birmingham businessmen that "with a little bit of luck" the economic slump might be reversed this year. As another weapon against political decline, Macmillan is clearly counting on admission to the Common Market despite the overwhelming obstacles ahead. On TV he said: "I believe that as soon as the Common Market is settled, and as soon as it is clear that there will not be another Socialist government, you will find...
...Rhodesia and Portuguese Angola, Union Minière throughout the Congo crisis has maintained its rank as the world's third biggest producer of copper and its biggest producer of cobalt. The company's sales did fall some 20% last year, but that was because of the slump in world metal markets. Union Minière actually raised its production of copper from 308,000 tons in 1959 to 324,000 tons last year...
Kinasweich broke his slump with a goal and an assist, while Ikauniks led the Crimson scorers with two goals...