Word: peake
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...outstanding feature of the credit situation is the comparative slowness with which easier conditions are developing in the money market. The fact of improvement is unmistakable in all fundamental relations--federal reserve ratios, rediscounting, interdistrict borrowing; but the six months which have elapsed since the peak of the credit stringency have witnessed a much less substantial decline in market rates than occured after previous crises in this country. For this there are several reasons. The drastic liquidation in commodity markets and the serious difficulties in certain export markets have made it necessary to "carry" many borrowers for more or less...
...Brien's story of his visit among the child-like cannibals in the vale of Atuona, under the peak of Temotiu, has already won rank as a classic among books of travel. Although its author will never be held a great stylist, he is supremely readable. What is more important, he has the power to make his reader see the scenes which he describes so colorfully and know the quaint characters that live between his pages...
Ever since the demands of the war forced the importance of Labor up to its highest peak, there has been an increasing tendency on the part of the Unions to take an unfair, advantage of their newly-gained position. Strikes, counterstrikes, sympathies, general walkouts, many of them without cause, have successively paralyzed or threatened to do so, the industrial heart of the country. In some cases, indeed, in many, the strikes have been justified for it is but right and progressive that the working man should share in some way the responsibility and success of his labors...
...last-minute rally with the appearance of Governor Cox at the Union. Senator Harding is favored for President by the University by a majority over Cox. The closeness of this vote as compared with that of last spring, coupled with the enthusiastic reports from Democratic circles that the Republican "peak" has been reached, should emphasize the fact that the Republican camp cannot afford to let their efforts flag...
About the latest reports of a fall in prices is a definiteness which indicates that at least the peak has been reached and that for some time the price movement will be downward. For five years sellers have had their way. To grow rich all that was needed was for a merchant or manufacturer to stock up and wait for the market to reach a level agreable to him. Sellers having had a good time so long, it is only fair that buyers should now have a little opportunity to enjoy life...