Word: slumping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...CHIC LIFE is a comedy about a middle-aged couple whose daughter comes home with her baby because it has caused her baseball-player husband to fall into a batting slump as well as a bad temper. The play was written by Arthur Marx, Groucho's son, and Robert Fisher, and features James Whitmore and Audra Lindley. Denver, Colo., Aug. 11-16; Mountainhome, Pa., Aug. 18-23; Dennis, Mass...
With space contracts dwindling, the aerospace industry is beginning to show signs of atrophy. Although few of the major companies involved are overwhelmingly dependent on the space program, most of them are experiencing a slump. At North American Rockwell, principal contractor for the Apollo capsule, 5,200 research and development staffers have been laid off or shifted to other projects. The Boeing Co., builder of the first-stage Saturn boosters, must soon let go part of its 10,000-man Apollo team. The impact would be most severe in towns like Huntsville, Ala., where Saturn rockets are assembled. Space...
...were Harvard's top performers last year. As a sophomore, Heisler shot a 151 in the first two rounds of the competition last season. His play so far has been erratic but in his last two outings against Brown and Yale he has started to pull out of his slump...
...Indians will be attempting to win their first league game since they topped the Crimson, 9-6, in 1966. They have lost 17 consecutive Ivy contests, but twice this year showed signs of breaking out of the slump. Dartmouth led Princeton, 2-1, after the first period two weeks ago before losing, 12-3. Against Yale, the Indians were on top, 5-4, after three quarters before the Elis won on three late goals...
...outcome was in doubt until the ninth inning when Cherry reached first on an error by second baseman John Rooney and advanced to third on Turco's single to right. With two out, Dan DeMichele broke a five game hitting slump with a run-scoring single to left...