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According to Gus Hall’s obituary in the New York Times in 2000, Communist Party enrollment “had dwindled to about 3,000, down from a peak of about 66,000 in 1939.”
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Remarkably, just 2% of global equity market indices are trading above both their 50-day and 200-day moving averages, down from 66% a week ago, the strategists find.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
That is down from a peak of $1.2 trillion in February, before Japan’s efforts to prop up the yen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Similarly, Edinburgh figures suggest that 63.2% of rooms have been booked in the same period, down from 80.6% in 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Corps members are divided by skill—writers, interpreters, and artists—and are told to develop messages that urge the town’s inhabitants to come down from the nearby hills and mountains where they have sought refuge.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
