Word: peak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Conger) Hill, 72, longtime (1932-56) radio commentator [The Human Side of the News), onetime topflight reporter (1904-23) and feature writer (1927-32) for the old New York Sun, whose sonorous tones and rich sealed-in sen'timentalism brought him millions of listeners at his peak; of lung cancer; in St. Petersburg, Fla. Hill at his chestnut-stuffed best: "Indiana! How often in this holiday season the thoughts of an exiled son have turned back affectionately to the old state! Aromas more wonderful than the perfumes of Araby. Thrilling hints of the feast to come . . . Unbearable suspense...
...actual condition of the patient justify such pessimism? Despite a few soft spots, e.g., carloadings, machine tools, paperboard, the U.S. economy was still operating at peak rates. After the second-best January in history, February auto production is expected to run nearly 4% ahead of last year...
Commodity market prices often forecast retail prices six to nine months in advance, since it usually takes that long for the rise or fall in wholesale prices to be passed on. Last week the commodity markets showed a distinct downtrend. Copper, at a 90-year peak of 46 a lb. only last March, slumped to 34?, was expected to drop still further. No. 2 copper scrap, also a March record-breaker when it hit 45.5?, fell 20? to the lowest price in some two years as copper production outpaced demand...
...love of calories, late hours and long snoozes. He practiced hard, played his way back up to the salary scale, last year made $40,000 for demoralizing ex-Wimbledon and ex-U.S. Champion Tony Trabert, 74 matches to 27. He pushed his game to such a high peak that when Kramer tried to talk Australian Lew Hoad into turning pro this year, Hoad snapped back: "I don't think I'm ready. Pancho probably would chew...
...interest at 3⅜% and 3½% respectively, both lower rates than would have been possible just a month ago. The market for other Treasury issues has also showed a big improvement lately. The rate on 90-day Treasury bills, most sensitive of all money barometers, slipped from a peak of 3.3% in mid-December to 3.1% last week, while medium-term taxable bonds dropped to 3.35% from their 3.52% peak set in early January. The overall bond market reflected the different tone; the interest rate on prime Aaa-grade corporate bonds dipped from...