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Word: peake (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...every American schoolchild knows, the highest mountain in North America is Alaska's Mount McKinley (elevation: 20,320 ft., a mere 8,708 ft. lower than the Himalayas' Mount Everest). But centuries before paleface cartographers gave the peak that name, Alaskan Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos called it by another: Denali, or "the Great One" in the Athabascan Indian dialect. Now native Alaskans are lobbying hard to restore the original Indian name. The state legislature has adopted a resolution to rechristen the mountain Denali, and both Governor Jay Hammond and Senator Mike Gravel are campaigning to persuade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Pique over the Continent's Tallest Peak | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

...usually don't peak until very late in the season," he said, adding, "It was kind of nice that we were able to win a big game this early in the season...

Author: By Marc E. Raven, | Title: Waterballers Splash Past Yale But Run Aground Against MIT | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

...started the year with great expectations. He came to football camp in peak condition, both mentally and physically. He finished fifth out of 110 in the 12-minute endurance run. But at the end of two-a-day practices he was injured. He went from number two safety man to oblivion...

Author: By Abraham C. Marcus, | Title: Learning to Deal With It | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

...According to the Agriculture Department, though farmers' gross income is expected to surpass last year's record high of $103.5 billion, their net income will drop to an estimated $20.1 billion, from $22 billion a year ago and $33 billion in 1973, a peak year for farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Plowshares into Swords | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

...hopes that a cease-fire signed with the Muslim rebels last December might continue, for the insurgents' brazen self-confidence suggests that they have been receiving fresh weapons from abroad. Observers fear a full-scale resumption of the government's anti-insurgency campaign that at its peak, cost Philippine forces 75 dead and 300 wounded weekly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: First Came the Handshake, Then the Massacre | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

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