Word: peak
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...awakening from these Beijing dreams was as rude as it gets. As of April 15, the Shanghai Composite Index has slumped 46% from its Oct. 16 peak. The global credit crunch, the staggering U.S. economy, and China's efforts to tame inflation and cool unsustainably fast economic growth teamed up to quash investor enthusiasm for China stocks, Olympics or no Olympics. But might there still be a lingering chance that the Games will give China's economy a shot of adrenaline and lift stocks later this year? Many investors have heard of the "January effect." Is there an "Olympics effect...
...version, Intern Memo provides a school-year edition of their newsletters to cater to students more concerned by landing summer internships than surviving them. But the original focus on summer internships is still the main priority of Intern Memo, and as the summer approaches the Web site is entering peak season. Already on the verge of making it big, Intern Memo is entering a crucial phase in development...
...Harvard added another stellar performance to its 2008 season, the team isn’t quite ready to rest on its laurels. Its remaining schedule looms large with Northern and Eastern Championships just a few weeks away.“I think we’re getting there [to peak form],” Snyder said. “We can still notch it up a few levels for the next few games but we’re getting to the point where things feel natural.”MacLaughlin added, “There’s always room...
...lollipops. But no matter how many women or how much money and candy Lil’ Wayne manages to flaunt, the video can’t overcome the awful song that accompanies it. The song’s lyrics are absolutely pathetic, reaching their intellectual peak with the double entendre “I let her lick the (w)rapper.” The only line in the song that doesn’t include a rap cliché is just as bad: “When I’m at the bottom / She like Hillary Rodham...
...once clear and clean and decisive. It was the sound of chopping wood and then—thwack!—it reached their ears for a second time. They both looked in that direction. There in the middle distance stood a stable boy, poised gracefully at the peak of his next arc above a cord of oak. The axe, a natural extension of his body, fell.Chapter 2 to be found in ArtsMonday...