Word: slides
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...together, the Dow had worried down 90 points since the slide began in mid-September. That represented an 8% drop in share values inside of a month, which translates into a paper loss of $105 billion for the millions of Americans who own stocks directly or through mutual funds and pension funds. Among the biggest losers have been stocks in such basic industries as metals, chemicals and paper, which had been market leaders for most of the year. IBM closed last week at 262, down 20 points since the middle of September. In the same period, Du Pont fell from...
Confused Image. The Georgian was confronted by a lot of other problems as well. The big question was whether he could arrest the slide his campaign had been taking because of his personal bloopers, lack of a clear line or image and organizational foulups...
...short, Carte Blanche works best when the 14-member cast has its clothes on. That turns out to be most of the time. True, the opening scene has them emerging frontally naked from behind shiny, plastic drapes, but within seconds their bare bodies become moving screens for a slide show projecting brilliant patterns of Op art, leopard skins and whirls of color...
...Index of Leading Economic Indicators for August. The index dropped for the first time in 18 months, declining 1.5% from July's figure. On Wall Street investors responded to the news by sending the Dow Jones industrial average into an 18.20-point plunge, its biggest one-day slide in more than four months...
...rise in gifts checks a two-year downturn that saw the University's totals slide from $57 million in 1972-3 to $56 million in 1973-74 and to $52 million...