Word: peak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...show their strength, the auto workers have already raised $12 million toward a strike fund of $25 million. On their part, the auto companies are turning out cars at the rate of 161,500 a week, just below the 1950 peak, in order to have as many as possible ready for spring and summer-just in case...
...good news came out the Dow-Jones industrial average rose 8.8 points, to 404.68, near the bull market peak...
Lamon't figure conclusively show that students used the extra time on Sundays. At 3 p. m. on Sunday, January 23 there were 468 students in Lamont, more than half of the peak total for a single day in the examination period. The various House libraries could not have handled those studying at Lamont on Sundays, for they were also full on Sunday afternoons. Thirty-seven Winthrop House students, for instance, were occupied in their library, which has an estimated "comfortable capacity" of 35, on the 23rd...
...Jack Edwards and Chouteau Dyer haven't swum the former event as fast yet this season for the Crimson, while Jim Jorgensen and Captain Ted Whatley, who both went the longer distance in only slightly better time against Cornell; will again be pushed to peak performance...
...last year's production. Moreover, said he, G.M. dealers are selling 1955 models "just as fast as they can get them from the factory ... I foresee a continuing high demand." Predicted Curtice: G.M. will have another $10 billion sales year; the national economy will rise to a new peak...