Word: peak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mental health advocates, while conservatives counted up the tax dollars saved. But an optimistically promised second stage of deinstitutionalization was not so easy to deliver: follow-up care in the community frequently failed to materialize. The number of mental patients in U.S. institutions did shrink, though, from a peak of 560,000 in 1955 to some 146,000 in 1984. In New York, the number declined from 93,000 in 1955 to about 20,000 today. One-fifth to one-third of America's homeless are now considered mentally...
...crystals to expose to the rising sun so the gems would be "charged" with its energy. Joyce Rennolds, who wore a cluster around her neck, explained, "These do for the body what microchips do for the computer." Other satisfied participants had warm memories. Said Jackie Murray, who climbed Harvey Peak in South Dakota with her husband and two children: "I hope that is the tranquillity we feel when we die. I do believe something universally happened this weekend...
...functions quickly expanded. When General William Odom became assistant chief of staff for intelligence in late 1981, he argued persuasively that ISA was needed to fill gaps in the CIA's activities. Its personnel grew from about 50 at the start to 283 in 1985. At its peak it had agents in Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and some ten Latin American countries. In Panama, for example, it operated a refrigeration company that served as a front for its agents. One ISA mission was to map out the routes U.S. rescue teams would take to reach American embassies likely...
Ever since the airlines were deregulated nine years ago and fierce fare wars erupted, some passengers have been concerned that cost-conscious carriers might feel compelled to cut corners on the maintenance of their aircraft. Such fears have reached a new peak amid the recent burst of publicity about airline problems, including numerous unscheduled landings caused by mechanical failures. The Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines firmly deny that safety standards have generally deteriorated under deregulation. But an unflattering spotlight is now being focused on the maintenance practices of one major carrier: Eastern Air Lines. Eastern's mechanics say they...
Rising abruptly from the eastern Nevada desert, snow-capped Wheeler Peak has long been a regional attraction. Visitors began arriving in 1885, after Rancher Absalom Lehman discovered vast limestone caves in the neighboring foothills. Swinging a sledgehammer to cut paths through forests of stalactites and stalagmites, Lehman then led candlelight tours through the caves for a dollar a head. After President Warren G. Harding declared the caves a national monument in 1922, Manager Clarence Rhodes rented them out for weddings, dances and initiation ceremonies for the Knights of Pythias, who frolicked in clouds of sulfurous smoke wearing costumes...