Word: slumps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inflation ?rose at an annual rate of 8.7%. That rate is obviously unsustainable, however, and a slowdown has already begun. Though no one?not even Author Paul Erdman?really believes the apocalyptic prophecies in his bestselling novel The Crash of 79, some serious forecasters fear a genuine slump next year...
...Zimmer would only say, "We're goin' with the same lineup tomorrow. The slump's over, it's gone, we've just got to do the best...
...Boston Globe reported most incumbents in other states survived the primary elections but some professional politicians believe the Red Sox' slump may make voters seek a change in political race...
...preference for easy exhibition money over the demands of playing through a grueling tournament has littered the tennis calendar with nonscheduled two-man events and, too often, left promoters and sponsors with literally empty nets. Without top tennis names in the tourneys, gate sales slump and sponsors disappear. Late withdrawals to rest or to nurse phantom injuries-only to have fallen heroes turn up at an exhibition in Puerto Rico, not an orthopedic ward-have become common. As a result, corporations once eager to hitch their brand names to the tennis bandwagon have begun to have second thoughts. American Airlines...
...Brewers will be back in town after being pummeled by the now-second-place Yankees (seven games back at this writing), and it's only a matter of time before they break out of their current slump. Time and, just maybe, another look at that big green beauty in left field, which seems made to order for the likes of Stormin' Gorman Thomas (no relation to tennis star Tom Gorman), who is only two behind hot-dog-and-bacon czar Jim Rice in the race for the league home run title. Thomas's teammate, Larry Hisle, is only one tater...