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Pessimist: There are signs of a decline in consumer demand already. . . . Several industries are being pushed in the red by higher costs. . . . This sort of thing might easily start a general downward move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trembling Top | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...common delusion--this marriage of spring and romance," said Boring. "Actually, love is a 12 months proposition. Just take a look at birth records. There's no general upward or downward curve in the popularity of love...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Holds No Corner on Love | 3/5/1948 | See Source »

Three University economists have refused to see either the end of the current inflationary period or the beginning of a crash as the result of the downward skid in stock and commodity markets, although they universally declare themselves "unable to make any definite predictions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Savants See No Crash In Stocks Dip | 2/7/1948 | See Source »

...tremendous demand" which still exists everywhere indicates that no serious downward spiral can begin at this time, Harris pointed out. "This demand will continue to exist, since we are still living in a semi-war economy," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Savants See No Crash In Stocks Dip | 2/7/1948 | See Source »

...Sighting a "flying saucer" high over Godman Field at Fort Knox, Ky., three National Guard pilots zoomed up in P-51s to investigate. At about 25,000 feet, Capt. Thomas Mantell's plane started to spin, plunged downward, and disintegrated at tree-level. The "saucer" turned out to be a weather balloon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jan. 19, 1948 | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

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