Word: slump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...back where it was a few weeks ago: a close contest, but with the Democrats holding the front position. Though Carter recaptured territory lost to Ford, he stood to lose some Democratic and Independent voters to Eugene McCarthy. Overall, however, Carter seemed to have recovered from his late September slump...
MIDWEST. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley resented the Carterites' standoffishness. Only last week Daley agreed "to redouble our efforts." He described Carter as a "great fella in spring training, but now that the league has started, he's in a slump." Pressed for his views on the Playboy interview, Daley dodged, boasting of a fish he had caught. What then did the fish think? Cracked Daley: "If he hadn't opened his mouth, he wouldn't have gotten caught...
...black unrest continues to mount, as seems likely, the Vorster regime could face problems within its own constituency. White business, deep in recession, depends heavily on black labor (90% of total employment in both agriculture and mining, 68% in service industries). But because of the slump, black unemployment is approaching 2 million. Even the Afrikaans press is calling for reform, attacking the tough pass laws (requiring every black over 16 to carry a passbook at all times) as "unjust humiliation." In the meantime, however, South Africans have taken out more than 200,000 new firearms licenses in the past year...
...reason that the nationwide rebound in housing lacks real punch is the lag in construction of new apartment buildings-in part, the result of the virtual freeze on federal subsidies for low-income dwellings, which was imposed by President Nixon in 1973. Moreover, the recent slump drove many small-and medium-sized subcontractors out of business, reducing the ability of the industry to meet the suddenly increased demand for single-family houses. Another major impediment to faster growth: the price of new and existing homes has been rising faster than the average family's ability to pay for them...
This season, Carl Yastrzemski returned to first base, after successfully flirting with youth and the Green Monster. Doyle sat on the bench, player tensions lowered morale, and injuries seemed to linger (they always do in off years.) There is also no explanation for the ten game slump in May which put Boston 9 1/2 games behind the Yankees...