Word: peak
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DIED. Walter Pidgeon, 87, urbane, courtly actor for half a century in Hollywood who dignified more than 100 films, most often as a reassuring and formidable gentleman; of a stroke; in Santa Monica, Calif. Born in Canada, Pidgeon reached his peak of popularity during the 1940s and '50s when he teamed with Greer Garson for eight films, most notably Mrs. Miniver, in which he movingly portrayed the staunch father of an English family whose lives are rent by World...
...coincidence those plants turn out nearly half of GM's total production, including such hot-selling models as the Pontiac Fiero and Buick Century. But as the selective strike continued last week, more and more workers began to feel the impact of the partial walkout. At its peak, the strike affected 40 plants and 110,000 workers, one-third of GM's blue-collar work force...
...Reserve to push up interest rates to keep growth under control. The clearest sign of U.S. economic might has been the continuing strength of the American dollar abroad. Last week it hit alltime highs against the British pound and the French franc and climbed to an 11½-year peak against the West German mark. The British pound was worth more than $2.30 in 1980 and about $1.50 a year ago, but now fetches barely $1.25. Late the week the West German Bundesbank bought several hundred million dollars' worth of marks in an effort to shore up the value...
...season progresses," newly hired cross country Coach Ed Sheehan says, "we'll bring people along. We just want to make sure we peak at the right time...
After six years of deregulation, however, the airlines are in no mood to let the Government begin writing schedules for them again. Says Delta Spokesman Jim Ewing: "This is upsetting as hell to us." Accordingly, Delta and Eastern put aside their differences and juggled their peak-hour operations in Atlanta, where the two carriers account for 85 scheduled arrivals between 7:55 and 8:30 a.m. Delta offered to move its arrivals up, to between 7:30 and 8:15, while Eastern said it would shift its back, to between 8:25 and 8:55. As the meetings proceeded through...