Word: peake
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Poor Seventh. The crisis is reflected in the figures. Economic assistance rose steadily through the 1950s, but after 1967, when it reached a peak of $7 billion, it began receding. Last year the total dipped to $6.9 billion -while worldwide arms spending neared $150 billion. Japan, Australia and Switzerland have increased their contribution; Germany, Canada, The Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries plan to do so soon. But there have been cutbacks in Belgium, Italy, Britain-and the U.S. which still dispenses almost as much aid as all the other countries combined...
...Clausen, vice chairman of the Bank of America, predicted last week that banks will cut their prime rate from the present record 81% early next year, or perhaps even sooner. Walter Heller, the former White House chief economist, maintains that "inflation has probably now passed its peak of intensity...
...diet colas. On the other hand, Coke has diversified quite successfully in recent years, notably with its big-selling Fresca. Now the company hopes to put still more life into sales through the image and logo changeover, which is expected to be well on its way by the peak of next summer's soft-drinking season...
...Congress holds NASA's budget under the $6 billion-a-year peak reached in 1966 for the Apollo project, the Mars landing will not take place until after...
Violence has reached such a peak in the Danang area that lights have been installed on the streets of Cap Tien Sha to curb roving bands of white and black sailors who were attacking each other at night. At Dong Tam in the Delta and Dien Hoa north of Saigon, bands of black soldiers still waylay whites. A white officer in Danang was critically injured when a black Marine rolled a grenade under his headquarters. At the officer's side was a black sergeant with a reputation for not tolerating Afro haircuts and Black Power salutes...