Word: peak
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...military by AM General, was first sold as a civilian vehicle in 1992. GM bought the line in 1999 and later introduced the smaller H2 and H3 models. After the SUVs became a rolling symbol of hip-hop bling and celebrity excess, Hummer in 2006 registered peak sales of 71,524 for all models. But with higher gas prices and the onset of recession, sales plunged...
...whether it will be possible to finish the cleanup. And there are still other questions that need to be answered. The Sound's valuable commercial herring fishery collapsed completely a few years after the spill - there are just 10,000 tons of the fish left today, down from a peak of 150,000 tons before the accident - and researchers are trying to figure out what impact the oil might have had on the species' decline. "We'll never be able to fully link the herring to the oil, but we want to know why the species won't come back...
...Initially, the fallout over Spitzer’s personal misconduct seemed to have irrevocably tarnished a political career that many thought would peak at the presidency. But in recent months, the former governor has made forays into the public arena—authoring several columns for Slate Magazine in which he offers insight into the economic crisis, appearing on the cover of Newsweek Magazine in April 2009, and simultaneously fueling speculation that he will attempt a political comeback...
...story was, in short, that after 135 years of graduating Crimson editors populating the ranks of young journalists, our class marked the end in another continuity. It is far safer, particularly these days, to predict a bust than a boom. Valleys all around without a peak to be seen...
...Peak time, if you ask me, to be beginning. Certainly, someone will be needed to call members of the Class of 2019 and tell them their future is over...