Word: peak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...types of steel, has laid off 200,000 production workers and closed down all lines except limited production of Buicks, Corvairs and G.M. trucks and buses. G.M. estimates that it will be six weeks before the closed plants can be reopened, several more weeks before they are up to peak production...
Harvard fell quickly from its 1913 peak, and Brown managed its first win three years later, after a tie game and an unconvincing Crimson victory. In 1918, following a one-year lapse in the rivalry, the Bruins won again, 6 to 3, but the Crimson rallied with three straight triumphs, including...
Sardis was a vital area in the ancient world. The fame and grandeur of the city in ancient times was enormous. During the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., the Lydian empire grew, and, under King Croesus, reached its peak around 550. The source of the legendary wealth of Lydia was the enormous gold deposits (the present expedition hopes to discover their exact location). In 540, the Persians conquered the city and Croesus, the "millionaire-king" whose memory is still honored in the phrase "rich as Croesus", died...
...question remains: Can the team rally around Forbush the way it once gravitated around the sensational Bagnoli? Bagnoli is a perfectionist, and his dogged efforts have made him an excellent and often spectacular performer. In the mud and slime at Philadelphia a week ago, he reached his peak, shutting out the highscoring Pennsylvanians and contributing several flashy saves. His loss will undoubtedly be felt...
...when their car almost collided with a herd of cows. The delegate representing the haL'-square-mile domain of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace was Monaco's commissioner general of tourism, Gabriel Olivier, who arrived with a secretary and a head cold. San Marino, a landlocked mountain peak in northeastern Italy, sent a Belgian lawyer and musicologist who also serves as San Marino's consul general to Belgium and Liechtenstein. "They couldn't spare anyone from San Marino," explained Baron von Fab-Fein, "because of the political problems there. The Communist opposition has been sentenced...