Word: peak
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...addition to the tax code, demographic changes have no doubt contributed to the savings drought. The baby-boom generation -- the 76 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 -- is in its peak spending years right now. According to the so-called life-cycle theory of savings behavior, people tend to do their heaviest borrowing and spending from their mid-20s to mid-40s. Then, after their children are grown, they start saving for retirement. Many economists predict that when a huge number of baby boomers reach middle age in the 1990s, the level of U.S. saving will improve...
That is what Sexton was saying last August, when he predicted the market would hit its peak late that month. On Oct. 2, he warned: "Any Dow close below 2387 would be a signal to sell all stocks." And he took his own advice, not only selling but also going short...
...unrest that has been plaguing the country since Duvalier fled reached a peak as voting day drew near. Two presidential candidates were killed, and scattered violence took place in both the capital and in the countryside. In the week before the voting was to have taken place at least 28 people were killed in election-related incidents. The canceled election is unlikely to end the unrest and violence, as Haiti struggles to find its way into the post- Duvalier era. Said Conserve Dorleans, 21, an unemployed worker who had been eagerly awaiting the election: "We have our brigades...
...biggest being Captain Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy, a second team All-Ivy pick, pushed. the sabre squad to its peak with his flamboyant style...
...peak of the energy crisis, shesaid home-buyers shunned big, drafty piles likethe Bryant St. house because of the heating costsand high taxes. "They were seen as whiteelephants," she said...