Word: peak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that point, with the crowd at a frenzied peak and holding a commanding 15-9 lead, Harvard had swung the pendulum in its favor and looked ready to upset the 22nd-ranked team in the nation...
...Before the meet," said sophomore standout Nancy Jo, "[Coach Steff Wreide] told us that this would be our last opportunity to practice our events before Princeton. And I think that we got ourselves fine tuned so we can perform at our peak against Princeton next weekend...
...ancient China, imperial gratification was a tidier affair. An Emperor in the Chou dynasty had 37 wives and 81 concubines. Harem administrators kept track of menstrual cycles, scheduling sex at each woman's peak fertility...
...Randolphe Catlin, chief of mental health at University Health Services (UHS), says that the academic calendar influences periods of peak depression. Catlin says approximately 300 students have called the free UHS depression screening hot line this year, and of that group about 30 were diagnosed as clinically depressed...
...networks essentially paid double the previous contract for programming that is steadily losing viewership. NFL ratings have tumbled about 33% since their peak in the early 1980s. And overall network viewership continues to dwindle: the prime-time ratings on ABC, CBS and NBC have fallen 47% over the same period. "What this shows you is that it's not football that is the draw," says Porter Bibb, a media analyst with Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., "but that the networks are struggling for survival...