Word: slumping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...usual motion to dispense with reading of the journal, a lengthy synopsis of the previous day's proceedings. Morse objected, insisting that the journal be read aloud. Under Senate rules, the rarely made request had to be complied with. For 26 wasted minutes the clerk read while Morse slumped in his specially built chair (it has an extra-long seat to accommodate the Morse slump). Next day, Morse "suggested the absence of a quorum," forced the Senate to adjourn a few moments after it had convened. The day after, he again forced the useless reading of the journal...
...later years, United Artists came upon hard times chiefly because Owners Pickford and Chaplin could not agree on how it should be run. On top of that, the postwar movie slump killed off many independents, and few exhibitors wanted the small number of third-rate movies U.A. could get. By 1950 the debt ridden company was losing $70,000 a week, and seemed ready to fall into bankruptcy...
...were still under pressure. Main reasons: last year's rich harvests, poor exports. A Government economist told the Senate Agriculture Committee last week that farmers can expect a further 5% drop in income in 1953. (Farm income last year was down 4% from 1951.) Wheat continued its recent slump last week. Corn is selling for 15% .less than a year ago. Cotton has fallen 30% since April 1951. Butter has fallen below support prices...
...then again, perhaps I am exaggerating the situation or making too much of a "slump". Perhaps our eight wins in thirty-eight games is something only temporary and the season may still wind up successful (by successful I mean winning half of the remaining games...
...Exports to the United Kingdom dropped 84% (from ?33 to ?5 million) largely because of a slump in the Lancashire textile industry, which halted Britain's purchase of Egypt's crucial cotton crop. Imports from Britain fell 28% (from ?35 to ?25 million...