Word: peak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...history holds true for this Administration, says LeFevre, stock prices should now begin rising in a fairly steady 32-month rally. They should then peak in August of 1984, when the Dow will reach 1345.61, almost 300 points above its all-time high of 1051, set in January...
...winds from the sky whipped the snowdrifts up high; a blizzard was raging at peak...
...several months the novelty and unabashed boldness of the Reagan plan worked like a miracle drug. Interest rates began to creep downward, and the Dow Jones industrial average hit an eight-year peak of 1,024 in April. But then moneymen began growing jittery as some of Wall Street's most influential economists, led by Henry Kaufman of Salomon Brothers and Albert Wojnilower of First Boston, warned that Reagan's goals of deep tax cuts, large increases in defense spending and a balanced budget were inconsistent and impossible to achieve. Nicknamed Dr. Doom and Dr. Gloom, Kaufman...
...consumer advocates forced federal regulators to pass a rule that fined carriers for overbooking flights. Any agreement the airlines reach at their scheduled meeting probably could not take effect in time for the Christmas and New Year's rush, when air traffic (and no-shows) will reach a peak...
...last week of the campaign, her popularity had reached such a peak that the bookmakers had to close off betting when the odds reached 1 to 10 for a Williams victory. The clincher came when the Times of London unleashed its thunder, generally reserved for Conservative candidates, in her support. Said the Times: "It is hard to think of any other politician today who can inspire the warmth and trust that she does." The Times neatly absolved the nagging consciences of Crosby's Tory voters by reminding them that they did "not have to decide whether they would like...