Word: thuds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that the economy is entering the 40th month of expansion, many people are wondering whether U.S. business has repealed its own law of gravity. One of the hard facts of economic life has been that what goes up eventually comes down, sometimes with a thud. In the classic business "cycle" of ups and downs (see chart), even the post-World War II boom has been interrupted by four disturbing recessions, though they have been growing briefer and shallower. But the current recovery has shown unprecedented staying power, having survived the steel price showdown, a stock market slump, the Cuban missile...
...loss by the Princeton tennis team tomorrow would create the loudest thud...
Perhaps some of the slipups were simply first-night jitters; perhaps some inspiration will enter the show during its run. Certainly some changes are necessary. When a production with so many to so few of them, the thud is extremely loud...
...Harvard Review's issue on consciousness-expanding drugs turned out to be a veritable gold mine, as the Review spread as far as the opium dens of Hong Kong. Anything following was bound to be something of an anti-climax, although the editors tried to soften the anticipated thud by focusing on Communist China, a topic fascinating in its own right. Yet the fall-winter edition of the Review is disappointing even by pre-drug issue standards...
Barry felt beleaguered. "Sometimes, he said, "I wonder why we ought to even bother with an announcement. If we say I'm going to run, everybody will just say that's no news. Rockefeller's announcement sure fell with a thud. And if I say I'm not going to run, I d better get out of the country first...