Word: peake
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...estimated 3,910,000 babies were born in the U.S. in 1947, the Federal Security Agency reported-an alltime high and 440,000 more than in 1946, the previous peak year...
Fill 'er Up. Despite last year's peak production of two billion barrels of oil, the U.S. discovered about 700 million barrels more than it tapped. At year's end, known U.S. reserves were 24,741,660,000 barrels, an alltime high...
...quite old times yet. Some of the slackening was only seasonal. Production was still booming; but employment was down 3,000,000 from the peak. There was no question that more & more businesses were getting near the end of their backlogs. The question was: How seasonal can the U.S. economy get without running into trouble...
Between Movies. Mass production had also come to the industry. The Radio Manufacturers Association estimated that television output (31 manufacturers) reached a new monthly peak in February of around 33,000 sets, a jump of nearly 170% in six months. The speedup in production and increased competition had. also brought out cheaper models...
...year-round practice schedule fails to perturb Bolles. "It's all right by me if they train thirteen months a year," he observed drily. "If, they get a kick out of it, more power to them, but you can only train so long before you reach a physical peak, and after that the chances of going stale are that much greater...