Word: peak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Although it is clearly evident," the study stated, "that the pressure for production and constant changes of schedule which reached a peak in the aircraft industry during the years 1942 and 1943 made impossible the organization of operations which must be the basis of teamwork, the conclusions of our study indicate that management's lack of awareness of the need to consider the requirements of balanced operation made it in a significant way responsible for the absences and turnover for which workers are so widely blamed...
...seasonal peak in freight traffic had the railroads hustling to prevent the tightest car supply in 20 years from developing into a serious car shortage. Car-loadings for the week of Oct. 21 numbered 905,941, unchanged from a year ago. But this year freight ton-miles are expected to hit an alltime high of 750 billion, up 3% over last year, and more than double 1939's ton-miles...
...consumer credit industry happily reckoned its alltime peak volume at $9.5 billion. Of this sum, U.S. citizens were pledged to pay $5.9 billion on the installment plan for autos, home appliances, furniture and jewelry; charge ac counts and personal loans on "easy" terms added up to $3.6 billion...
...than in 1939, and 5% less than in 1941. But the Department's report confirmed what every housewife knows: sky-high retail prices make purchases of essentials seem like a mad squandering of money. Thus the dollar volume of retail sales this year are guesstimated at an alltime peak of $67 billion - up 60% over 1939, and 20% over...
...bluff and ambush to modern big-scale war. In one day he lured 300 British tanks into almost total destruction. In another day he overwhelmed the British stronghold of Tobruk. He tied up much of Britain's military strength and leaders for nearly two years and at his peak he stood at El Alamein, 65 miles from Alexandria...