Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...judgment that would not let him turn his back on fellow Harvardman Alger Hiss, even after Hiss had been convicted. His famous Hiss remark (which he carefully rehearsed with aides before uttering to the press) is defended by his admirers as loyalty toward a friend, but it was the height of impropriety in a Secretary of State...
This lack of height proved the clincher, but B. C. was decidedly the faster and better team. The Crimson, led by John Stevenson and high-scorer Jim Gabler (19 points); managed to stay even during the first ten minutes of play, but B. C.'s superior shooting and speed proved too much...
Snowy Plume. Dr. Houston and Major Tilman camped on a high ridge and climbed to about 19,000 ft. to study the south face of Mt. Everest. Even at this great height (about 3,000 ft. above the summit of Mt. Blanc), they saw tracks of rabbits, mice and snow leopards. There was no snow except in crevices, but above their heads a vast plume of snow whipped off the icy summit, blowing out miles downwind like a gigantic pennant. They made maps and took photographs. Then they rejoined the rest of the party and returned to New Delhi...
...Patriot (circ. 31,249), the Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Journal (circ. 126,179) and Post-Standard (circ. 77,970) and a string of five other Eastern dailies. Said Newhouse happily: "Most of my papers were sick when I got them. The Oregonian is the first that is at the height of its power and prestige...
...World War II's OPA, at its height, had some 60,000 permanent employees and 200,000 volunteers...