Word: slumping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Freshman leading scorer Mark Fusco (10-12-22) sparked the Crimson with a goal and three assists and senior right wing Tom Murray notched three points to break out of a brief slump. But the unexpected arrived when Harvard's two senior co-captains finally grabbed a piece of the action...
...outlook for 1980, as set forth in the message: recession. After growing by a paltry .8% in 1979, the nation's output of goods and services is expected to decline this year by 1%. Administration officials tried to turn that lemon into lemonade by wistfully predicting that the slump "would be largely over by midyear." But that may prove optimistic...
...about the long awaited recession, but the general trend was underlying weakness. The index of leading economic indicators, which foretells business trends, was absolutely flat in December, after pointing down in October and November; three months of consecutive declines in these indicators is normally considered evidence of a coming slump. Steel and auto orders sank sharply in December, but general factory orders were up a surprising 1.3%. Productivity, as measured by the output of workers per man hour, declined by 1.6% during last year's fourth quarter and dropped .9% for the whole of 1979. That was only...
...rubber company, announced plans to shutter one of its oldest tiremaking factories, a 74-year-old mausoleum just south of Hamtramck on Detroit's Jefferson Avenue. The timing of the closings was coincidental, but it did serve as a stark reminder of how quickly a slump in the car industry can affect its many suppliers...
Since then, lots of people have noticed Bill Koch. Says Koch: "Suddenly there was pressure from all sides. Every tune I competed, people expected me to win. Becoming a top contender, I soon realized, had been easy compared to staying on top." Koch went into a slump that deepened as he was bombarded with questions. He has now completely revised his style, stretching out his once choppy stride and strengthening his arms in an attempt to generate more power on the uphills. And as the Olympics have drawn closer, he has emerged again, better than ever at age 24. Good...