Q: What are the two “dips” in a “double-dip recession”?
-- Lance DeLoach, Thomaston
A: The National Bureau of Economic Research doesn't give a specific definition of a double-dip recession, other than that it's "akin to a continuous recession that's punctuated by a period of growth, then followed by a further decline in the economy," chairman Robert Hall told The Associated Press. Hall, an economics professor at Stanford University, said activity might rise for a period, but not far enough to complete a cycle, then fall again, and then rise above its original level, at that point completing the cycle. The National Bureau of Economic Research is composed of academic economists who officially declare when recessions begin and end. Brian Bethune, economist at IHS Global Insight, told the AP about a double-dip recession: "There is no mathematical formula; it's a judgment call."
Q: Whatever happened to Darwin Holt, the Alabama player who injured a Georgia Tech player in a 1961 football game?
-- Robert Barron, Mableton
A: According to the Selma (Ala.) Times, Holt runs the Darwin Holt Co., which is a public relations and marketing company, and lives in Vestavia Hills, Ala. Holt was the only player to play for Paul "Bear" Bryant at two schools -- Texas A&M and Alabama -- and was a starting linebacker on the 1961 Crimson Tide team that won The Associated Press national championship. Holt injured Georgia Tech player Chick Granning in a game in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 1961. Holt declined to comment when contacted by Q&A on the News.
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