Word: drifted
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Misgivings. The Deputies fell back, silenced, or complaining in lowered tones. The farmers federations only muttered their "very great surprise." From this brusque drama two conclusions were to be drawn: 1) it is still considered politically unprofitable to attack De Gaulle openly; and 2) clear as the drift to one-man government may be, Frenchmen by and large are willing to let it happen. Nonetheless, a considerable disillusionment with De Gaulle had set in. So far it was largely confined to Parliament and a few Parisian editorialists whose consent to one-man government was based on a belief that only...
Time measured by the rotation of the earth will continue to be used, in spite of its inconstancy, for catching trains or getting to the church on time. But the cesium clock will be the arbiter for super accuracy. It will have no cumulative drift and can be read with an error of less than three parts in 100 billion (one second in a thousand years...
...market's drifting down has been not so much from selling as from lack of buying; average daily volume last week was 2.8 million shares, very low for a week's decline of 23 points. The market is so thin that a sale of a few hundred shares of some stocks can drive the stocks down several points. The drift has moved many professionals to sit on the sidelines and wait for a selling climax. In market folklore, a heavy trading day with the ticker running late on the down side is just the thing to clean...
...news -word of Massu's dismissal sent European crowds surging into the streets with cries of "De Gaulle to the gallows!" On a sunny Sunday more crowds milled aimlessly along the city's great Boulevard Laferrière. But at noon-when many of them began to drift off for lunch-an ultra spokesman appeared on a balcony to shout, "French Algeria is surely worth a meal!" Late in the afternoon the restless crowd began overturning cars and setting up street barricades...
Many an analyst thought the market might drift down another 15 or 20 points before finding the base for its next rise simply because, said Sam Stedman, partner in Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., many stocks at their recent highs were overpriced in terms of immediate earnings. To Stedman, the caution was a good sign. "I don't like it when everyone thinks that all the market...