Word: peake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...series at Mission Ridge on March 31, Carter was fifth in an 80-man field on his second run, but because of mistakes on his first run, could only manage 11th overall. Bobby Cochran of the U.S. Olympic team and the University of Vermont, who had reached the peak of his form a couple of weeks before with a World Cup victory in the Giant Slalom at Heavenly Valley, Calif., was skiing hotter than a two-dollar pistol and left the rest of the racers more than a second and a half behind...
Other members of the Eastern regional team don't seem to possess the equanimity of Steele and Carter in the agony of defeat, so they continue to invent new competitions. The first annual Avis memorial Mt. Hood-to-Mammoth Mt.-peak-to-shining-peak sprint was completed by rented cars piloted by "Rat Reid" and "Boomer Mumphord" in the phenomenal time of nine hours, ten minutes. The two covered the normally 14-hour jaunt, crossing over two 8000-foot passes with switchback sections, within five minutes of each other; and the winner, whoever he was, got two cases of beer...
...thing of pious Sundays but of vigorous, shirtsleeve weekdays. Many Roman Catholics and Jews were also trying to involve their churches and synagogues more directly in the struggles for racial justice and economic equality. The decade of the '60s brought enthusiasm for secular religion to its peak...
...rush to rebuy? For one thing, the price is right. Since the Dow Jones industrial average began sliding from its peak of 1,052 in January, the shares of many companies have fallen to what corporate officers regard as unreasonably low levels. Thus company treasurers are scrambling to buy up shares that they can use for several purposes. Among them...
...British Airways over how much to charge for a new service that would have required passengers to book 90 days before takeoff for trips lasting 14 to 45 days. The British wanted to charge $240 in June and in August and $290 during the peak month of July, while the American lines adamantly held out for $299. Rather than risk a rate war when the current IATA agreement expires Saturday, British Airways and most other European lines, which also wanted low fares, agreed with the Americans on the present arrangement. The only holdout is Greece's Olympic Airways...