Word: peak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Naturally they do not crowd around American troops . . . they do not even give a sign that they are aware the Americans are there. Now and again some aged man will find it impossible to avoid the eye of an American, and frequently he will lift a finger to the peak of his cap in a salute neither servile, nor military, nor insolent. American troops have seen nothing quite like these people...
Eleven weeks after the epidemic's peak (TIME, Sept. 25), a belated report-451 new cases of infantile paralysis for the week ending Nov. 18-made it official that 1944 is the second worst polio year in U.S. history. The 18,490 cases thus far reported exceed 1931's full-year total, but are mercifully short...
...steered by radio, since V-111s not and, at the heights to which V-2 climbs (60 miles or more), accurate observation to correct its deviations from the set course would be difficult. With a trajectory like that of a long-range shell, dropping sharply from its peak height, V-2 is probably launched at about a 30° angle from the ground for its 250-300 mile flight...
...hard-studying, hard-drilling Cadets are right out of a football coach's dream. For six weeks Army Coach Blaik had carefully nursed his blessings, polishing his flashing T attack, proving his line, patiently pre paring for a payoff. Last week, suped-up to their mental and physical peak, the Cadets exploded against Notre Dame...
...whole world, all I had. He lived as he died, always on the peak of excellence...