Word: peak
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...performance. Philadelphia and other districts are doing the same. Teacher merit pay, despite opposition from unions, has already been introduced in many districts and states, though no one has yet created the kind of career paths envisioned by the commission, where salaries would begin at $45,000 and peak at $110,000. In addition, universal pre-K is already a reality in Oklahoma and Georgia...
...shopping season is at its peak, and you haven’t bought the awkward people in your life gifts. All you know is that they like books. Your relationships with them are only superficial, so why not choose “by its cover...
...that’s all they need to do. As long as you’re confident in the team around you, there’s really nothing to worry about.”Whether or not Martin is worried, the Crimson will have to play at its peak next Friday at Dartmouth, which has the second highest scoring output in the ECAC. Like Harvard, which has three Olympians (Vaillancourt, Chu and Cahow) back after a year-long absence, Dartmouth has its four Olympians back.“Dartmouth’s going to be tough,” Brine...
...launched its Rouge et Noir fountain pen in 1908. Two years later the trio introduced the Montblanc fountain pen, named for the snow-covered summit of western Europe's highest mountain. And in 1913 the company adopted a tiny six-pointed white star, also symbolic of the snow-covered peak, as its trademark. Since its launch, the Montblanc pen has revolutionized the industry, elevating beautifully crafted writing instruments to designer status in the ever growing luxury stratosphere. The most expensive model, the limited-edition Meisterstck Solitaire Royal, is decorated with 4,810 pav diamonds (the metric height of Mont...
...This won't completely alleviate the fear, but we took a look at what happened to the college grads from the Class of 1993. It was a peak year for boomerangs - one of the laziest years on record, if you want to think about it that way. A recently released report from the Department of Education analyzed how the Class of '93 fared, 10 years later...