Word: peake
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Boston's location is so close to the sea that it has not been previously regarded as an area favorable for prolonged skiing, but the site chosen is the highest and coldest peak in the area and traditionally has more snowfall than other sections of metropolitan Boston...
...years-they only hope that it can be a trading post at the same time. So far, the Chinese Communists have respected British power-and Hong Kong's usefulness to them as a source of supplies from the outside world. But in his mansion up on "The Peak," overlooking the colony, Sir Alexander admitted that the Reds might change their attitude. "They're working on a short-term basis now," said His Excellency. "When short term becomes long term, no one but China's Communists know...
...Across the harbor from Hong Kong island, on the flinty, weatherworn mountain of South China's Kowloon peninsula (which the British rule under a 99-year lease), men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the King's Own Scottish Borderers were training to the peak of battle efficiency. Said a brisk regimental commander: "We know our enemy, and we are ready...
Although automakers turned out a record of almost 5,500,000 cars & trucks in the first ten months of this year the demand for cars is still near the top. After a consumer survey, the Federal Reserve Board predicted that there would be peak auto sales at least until the middle of 1950. One reason is that more people can afford autos than prewar. Explained FRB: while the retail price of the three leading lowest-priced cars went up an average of 65% between 1941 and early 1949, U.S. family income increased more than 100% (from...
...Pico Peak, Rutland, Vermont: Eight inches of settled powder reported on the lower B slope. Rope tow and T-bar will run this weekend. Skiing fair...