Word: slump
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...meal is a savory one. American carmakers earned a combined $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 1993, and their overall income could match that in the second quarter. Such results are particularly impressive in view of the slump in European car markets that has squeezed profits at Ford...
...slump makes a wry analogy for the performance of another J.M.: Jack Meyer, a.k.a. Junk issues and Mismanagement. The president of the Harvard Management Corporation has been acquiring unforced errors recently at the rate. Morris was signing autographs in the fair weather...
...that is sweeping the entire industry -- and may ultimately threaten the industry leaders. In the biggest burst of entrepreneurial excitement since the boom after deregulation in the early 1980s, it seems that almost everyone with a hankering to start an airline is suddenly preparing for takeoff. Despite an industrywide slump and record losses of $8 billion since 1990, some 15 passenger airlines have begun flying in the past year alone. They range from Reno Air, a full-service carrier based in Nevada that regales its passengers with California Chardonnays and fancy food baskets, to Morris Air, a low- budget...
...island is facing the ultimate hurdle of a revolutionary society -- whether its ideals can survive beyond the first generation. Subsidies from the former Soviet Union have been slashed, and the U.S. embargo continues to strangle trade, pushing Cuba's economy into an ever deepening slump. Castro's young successors know change is inevitable, but they are determined to control that change rather than let the country fall into the hands of the capitalist exiles in Miami, 90 miles away. The yummies want the best of both worlds: the health and educational advances of Castro's revolution and a good meal...
...team isn't winning, say it's still trying hard. If a successful team hits a slump, well, it's still trying hard. It's the role of the professional papers, such as The Boston Globe, to scrutinize and attack when necessary. We are students, and these are our fellow students. So we should...