Word: regularity
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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There is, in fact, some question whether a regular 3% or 4% growth rate will be nearly enough to handle the economy's enormous need for cash and credit. From the savings of citizens, the retained earnings of corporations and other sources, the U.S. last year generated $129 billion of new capital to invest. But the demands for capital have been greater still. During the inflationary boom of the late 1960s, the Government borrowed heavily on the capital markets to cover federal deficits that ran as high as $25 billion a year, and much of the money was used...
...trapped gas for better insulation) that allowed the proper slow seepage of water. But the early wet suits looked as awful as dry suits, only wetter. And they were black. Dye, it turned out, was death on foam neoprene; any injection of color considerably weakened the rubber. So did regular exposure to air. Finally the solution was found: a protective nylon knit fabric that would adhere to the neoprene and keep it durable whatever the color or weather...
...What follows," said Walter Cronkite two-thirds of the way through a regular newscast last week, "is unusual for the CBS Evening News." Indeed it was. For the rest of the program was given over to an 8 min. 40 sec. report on the accuracy of a 1 min. 50 sec. news item that was telecast last November...
...Margot Fonteyrt has talked of retiring for several years. But each season, when the Royal Ballet makes its regular visit to the U.S., there is Dame Margot, with Fellow Superstar Rudi Nureyev, nearly as captivating as ever. During the current tour, for instance, she may have looked a shade worn to be doing The Sleeping Beauty. But her Juliet was so youthfully supple that she seemed to yield to Nureyev's lifts like some delicately submissive scarf of chiffon...
...markets dominated by individual investors, declines followed a regular pattern: prices would drop-and then a large number of shareholders panicked and dumped their holdings simultaneously, sending prices plummeting on enormous volume. While such a "selling climax" is an unnerving experience, many Wall Streeters would dearly love to see one again. By cleaning out the last doubters in one swift rout, the old-fashioned climax would usually end a bear market and set the stage for a bouncy rally to new highs...