Word: peak
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ballad "You're Beautiful" has less than 200 words, half of which are 'beautiful'.) Now multiply "What More Can I Say's" 800 words by 12 to make an album, then multiply again by the number of albums in a catalog and it's obvious why most rappers peak early: they literally run out of things to talk about...
...college campuses. People seeking rides say where they want to go, and drivers with room to spare arrange a place to meet. Craigslist, which requires no membership and charges no fee, fields 20,000 ride-sharing posts in a typical month, a number that swells to 30,000 during peak travel times...
Human-rights campaigners, however, welcome Hollywood's focus on the issue and say it has helped tighten industry oversight even before the film's release. In the run-up to the holiday period--peak season for diamond sales and blockbuster movies--the public spat makes an interesting study of how a big studio movie can threaten a $60 billion-a-year global retail industry, one that has previously thrived on its association with all things Hollywood, and how that business can fight back...
...Public understanding of autism research suffers from two perennial complications: correlational studies and press releases. The report cited in your story is the latest example of both these foibles. The correlational style of argument is as apt to establish that, say, ice cream sales cause homicides, since both peak at the same time of year. The long list of supposed causes of or treatments for autism touted in press releases has given parents false hope or, worse, false guilt. Hasty pronouncements only damage autism science and the public's trust in it. Matthew Belmonte Department of Human Development Cornell University...
...Stuart MacGill's take is that England in last year's series built to a peak that they probably won't be able to match. Flintoff and Simon Jones bowled the best they'd ever bowled, he says, while a new talent emerged in Kevin Pietersen, for whom the Australians weren't as ready as they will be this time. "There were a lot of things that contributed to their success, not the least of which was that they played better than us from time to time," says MacGill. "But I don't draw too much relevance from that series...