Word: slumping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...replace him in the depths of the Red Sox slump, Owner Tom Yawkey promptly appointed 58-year-old Coach Steve O'Neill, who had once managed Cleveland and Detroit, and had been a star catcher in his playing days. Florid, easygoing Manager O'Neill would have his hands full getting the demoralized Red Sox back to their winning ways. No one thought a change of managers would solve all of Boston's troubles...
...bull market got its hardest jolt in five months. In three days last week the Dow-Jones industrial average dropped from its so-year peak of 228.38 to 222.44, just about where it was before the fast climb a fortnight ago. Most traders thought the slump a healthy sign, since it failed to produce any heavy selling. In fact, the volume of trading dropped off each day the market fell. Since the rest of the economy was still running at high speed, the bulls were still unworried...
...Whose current Wabash Avenue, Zanuck hopes, will recover some of the $3,000,000 lost by a box-office slump in her last two films...
Crossed Wires. Five years ago, when many businessmen were preparing to cut their switches in expectation of a "reconversion" slump with mass unemployment, Lindseth took the bold course. He foresaw a boom which would need an ever-expanding supply of power, and backed his bet with a $90 million expansion program for his own company. Then Lindseth went out after business. By offering advice on factory sites, suppliers and markets, he helped lure 536 new plants (including $50 million in chemical plants alone) to the five-county area that C.E.I.'s national ads call "the best location...
...Crimson will generally hold a slight edge at the plate. With George Chase well out of his midseason slump, and Greeley also beginning to hit hard, the first six men in the batting order will all be long ball threats...