Word: weak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Still Weak. The drop involved both short-and long-term rates. Two of the nation's ten biggest banks have now cut their prime rate on business loans by a quarter-point, to 6¼%-the lowest since February 1973. The rate on 90-day Treasury bills last week slid to 4.6% from 4.8% the week before, and General Motors Acceptance Corp. trimmed slightly the interest rate it pays on commercial paper (corporate lOUs) that it buys. Heartened investors flocked into the bond market, bidding prices up and interest rates down. For example, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. sold...
...reason for the declines is somewhat ominous: business loan demand is still weak. Between January 1975 and last September, the volume of business loans made by major New York banks fell 21%, the largest and longest-lasting drop since the 1930s. The Government estimates that real capital spending -business outlays for new plant and equipment, discounted for inflation -this year will be only 2.5% higher than in 1975 and almost 10% below the peak...
With a cast this large, there are bound to be disappointments. The biggest one is the casting of Peter Knapp as Richard Rich, Cromwell's servile protege. Knapp is too weak, even for the part. Alan Stock as More's son-in-law is also a bit stiff, and Stephen Hayes as King Harry is ridiculously miscast--he looks...
Chris Jennings came through with his sabre to finish a strong 2-1. But with Mike Berrer out with a back injury, the rest of the sabre showing was weak...
...daylight. The whole business is not such a lark after all; Belmondo doesn't feel very sexy. Not Bujold, we now understand, not Belmondo's forged inheritance, not even a socio-economic destiny can satisfy this man's soul. Only his crowbar. The overall conception may strike us as weak, but we can now account for Malle's depressed editing. So if you feel that Malle as director has ripped you off from the slick adventure story you were expecting, at least you'll know the existential reason...