Word: peak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little alarmed by the excitement, AEC warned that there would be relatively few workers at first, 6,000 construction workers at peak, only 2,000 permanent settlers after building was complete. But Arco (and Idaho) went right on dreaming of factories in the desert, and daily passenger trains to replace the single coach-and-baggage-car that now shuttles along the Union Pacific spur to Blackfoot...
Unemployment, after reaching a peak of 3,221,000 in mid-February, had eased slightly. In March, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported, employment had increased by 479,000, mostly on farms. (Since newcomers had entered the labor force, the drop in unemployment was only 54,000.) Another bright sign came from General Motors. Demand for its cars was still so big that, with steel in better supply, G.M. last week stepped up production by shifting key departments to a 54-hour week (v. 40 hours before), with a 30% increase in take-home pay for the workers affected...
They would often ask that question during the next half dozen years. Gentleman Jimmy was forever darting away from his post in the peak-of-prosperity days-to Florida or Europe or simply to the fights. New York didn't seem to mind. Jimmy was the cock o' the walk, a witty, debonair, fashion-plate Irishman who could charm a bird down out of a tree. "Mr. New York," they called him, and the Big Town "wore [him] in its lapel" like a carnation (as one wit cracked), and threw him away when the Big Party...
...prosperous Midwest farm families, and the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book, which has sold 3,000,000 copies (87,000 so far this year). Last week the sprawling Meredith plant along the banks of the Raccoon River was spreading out again. It needed more space to house its peak staff (1,446) and five new color presses (cost...
...Century Magazine. McClure tried to convince his Century bosses that they should branch out, left when they vetoed his idea and launched the first successful U.S. newspaper syndicate himself. In 1893, on $2,800 in profits from the syndicate and a borrowed stake, McClure started his magazine. At its peak in 1906, Steffens, Tarbell, and Baker walked out after an argument with the "mad genius," and took over the rival American Magazine...