Word: tailspinning
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...rapidly spreading disillusionment among Pakistanis, whose hopes were raised when Bhutto took power last December and promised a prompt return to democracy and an "economic and social revolution." But despite a flurry of decrees, little has been accomplished. Pakistan's ills have been compounded by a postwar economic tailspin and a precipitous deterioration of law-and-order. Items...
...parents, it that is she is too smart, too independent, and above all, too serious about her work, she is unfeminine and will therefore never get married... Once the thin crust of encouragement is broken, a deep well of social conditioning is discovered underneath. She goes into a tailspin of anxiety as she struggles to reverse her appetite for human fulfillment, an appetite she now learns is in direct contradiction to her feminine fulfillment...Our culture has made a deep split in the souls of its women...Behind the "passive" exterior of many women there lies a growing anger over...
Cornell's victory last year was the first since 1962 and sent Harvard into a tailspin that ended in a tie for fifth in the Ivy League. The Crimson won only one more game after that defeat...
...blasts that demolished four hijacked airliners in the Middle East last week had more than political repercussions. They created shock waves in airline head offices round the world, threw the aviation insurance market into a tailspin, and endangered delicate arrangements for financing the new generation of jumbo jets...
...increasing unemployment." In Washington, Chief White House Economic Adviser Arthur Okun took exception to the view that braking measures would have to be continued for very long. Inflation, he warned, might be less of a hazard than a prolonged slowdown, which could bring on "a stall and perhaps a tailspin...