Word: peak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present situation, speedy Allied invasion may be welcome for a very practical reason : inflicting a disastrous defeat on such an invasion force is the sole remaining chance for Germany to avoid losing the war. If the Allies attacked prematurely, at a time when Nazi defensive strength was at its peak, that chance would be so much the brighter. To war-weary German civilians, invasion must also bulk large as the one development likely to bring a quick decision, win or lose...
Looking Forward. The fighting, at least at Cassino, has now reached a stalemate comparable to that on the Western Front in World War I. Last week Allied troops advanced a mile to take Mt. Marrone, a dominating peak-but at a point far in the hills, some 15 miles northeast of Cassino, where the prospects of an effective drive appeared small...
...plants, G.M. plans to employ some 400,000 people v. its 1939 peak of 201,000. (It now employs 465,000 men & women.) G.M. distributors should further employ some 200,000 people v. 135,000-150,000 prewar...
...auto industry will sop up much more steel in producing cars than in war goods. G.M., and "C.E.," consumes only 75,000 tons a month today v. 250,000 in peacetime, even though its $4-billion-plus rate of annual production is more than twice its prewar peak...
...wrecks the plot. Becoming suspicious of Yuranosuke's wily pretense of inactivity, she decides to avenge her hus band herself; but her two attempts to kill Moronao fail. According to the Muenchner Neueste Nachrichten, the knowledge that, had she succeeded, 47 lives would have been saved, represents "a peak of tragic irony." The same newspaper found much else to praise. Especially fetching was Playwright Langenbeck's introduction of "humorous contrast" into his tragic scenes. For example: in the scene where Yuranosuke outlines the plan of vengeance to the Ronin, this produced a "great dramatic effect." Better yet, said...