Word: peak
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the Committee for Economic Development proudly estimated that 52,000,000 Americans are already back at civilian jobs; that only 2,000,000 are unemployed; that reconversion is 90% complete in many parts of the country; that payrolls and individual earnings are only slightly below the wartime peak (see BUSINESS). The nation was stuffed with yeasty potential. Vogue welcomed nylons back as "a symbol [of] the pleasures of peace, distilled into one wishful word...
...blinked misty eyes, hesitated for words, said simply that he was "deeply touched." Then his easygoing composure returned. He rubbed his pate and quipped: "One thing I feel thoroughly certain of-it must be a bald peak...
After considerable tinkering, the U.S. auto industry finally got itself out of storage last week. The motor was .still misfiring, but it was running well enough to push production to its highest peak since the General Motors strike started. The industry hopes to turn out about 75,000 cars in January-as many as it had turned out all last year...
...last week, in the biggest drop since 1933, it fell off $150,000,000. There was still the enormous sum of $28½ billion in circulation. Nevertheless, Manhattan bankers sniffed a trend. They suspected that the currency in circulation, which has almost tripled since 1941, may have reached its peak. But the Federal Reserve Bank was not willing to do any predicting. It was well aware that the peak after World War I was not reached till...
...fourth-rate jockey in Cuba (he still gallops his nags mornings), he learned what makes a horse tick. Over & above his practical schooling, he developed a strategic sixth sense for razor-sharp hay-burners. His secret lies in knowing when to nab horses that other trainers have brought to peak performance...