Word: tailspinning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Meanwhile, Princeton, the consensus pre-season pick to win the Ivy title, is mired in a stunning tailspin that hasn’t been seen since 1979—the last time the Tigers started league play with a 1-4 record. Once a member of the semi-exclusive “Others Receiving Votes” club in the AP top 25, Princeton is now fearing for its NIT life...
...difficult overtime loss at New Hampshire sent Harvard into a tailspin, and the Crimson dropped three straight...
...stands out as a particularly bad day for Ken Lay. As word circulated that the energy giant he founded was under investigation for balance-sheet shenanigans, the CEO tried to pull Enron's stock out of a tailspin by arranging a special conference call with analysts. "We're not trying to conceal anything," he told them. "I'm disclosing everything we've found." After Lay got off the phone, he gathered Enron's thousands of employees via a live webcast and video teleconference, and tried to reassure them too. "Our liquidity is fine," he said of the company that...
...Crimson lost control of its own destiny with a 1-0 loss to Princeton on a 80th minute goal with Ara, Lobach and sophomore Jason Anderson missing from the lineup due to injury, and Harvard’s season went into a disappointing tailspin...
...travel advisory, urging " persons planning to travel [to Toronto] to consider postponing all but essential travel." Meanwhile, Toronto city officials are furious with the announcement, claiming the WHO's decree is premature, and arguing the resultant decline in tourist and business traffic could send the city into a financial tailspin. The mayor has asked the WHO to repeal the advisory...