Word: slumping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then, in midweek, the market proved what many a wary trader had long doubted: that it could withstand a shakeout in the television shares, many of which had soared too far too fast. The shakeout was helped by reports that television's expected summer slump had already started. Although manufacturers promptly announced that they were actually increasing production, leading television shares slumped from two to four points in one day. Yet the market as a whole hardly even quivered and the next day it bounced upward again...
...Slump. In El Paso, Police Chief W. C. Woolverton boasted: "This is the second peaceful weekend we have had without a murder...
...first meeting with Columbia the Crimson got off to a fast start and was still with the Lions, 30 to 30, at the half. But the team, which was then in the middle of its pre-Yale game slump, ran out of speed in the second half, crumbling before Coach Gordon Ridings' fast break...
...analyzing the hockey season, Chase said that the Crimson looked as if they were off to a very good start at the beginning of the year, but that a disastrous Army loss seemed to set the trend for a mid-season slump...
Leverett's basketball team added to the Eliot slump by clipping the Elephants, 40 to 39, in an overtime contest. The Bunnies put on one of their finest performances of the season, combining team play and almost complete control of rebounds to score their fourth win. The game was lied, 34 to 34, at the end of the regular period of play...