Word: peake
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...almost two years ago to the month that the worst peacetime inflation in American history reached its peak. During the first three months of 1980, consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 17.3%. Many serious economists were concerned at the time that the U.S. might be on the brink of hyperinflation, the politically and socially dangerous phenomenon that occurs when money loses its value and consumers rush to buy before their cash is worth less...
...such time sharing schemes are extremely expensive, since they require open lines to the central computer. They also can become backed up at peak hours, and do not always lend themselves readily to what is the most intellectually demanding use of the computer: learning how to program it. For this, the inexpensive, easy-to-operate personal computer, entirely self-contained and relying on equipment immediately at the student's side, is an ideal instrument-much more "user friendly," as manufacturers like to say, than big machines. Yet even with a handy micro, programming can overwhelm the uninitiated. The programmer...
...match ended the British ruggers' two week American tour, adding to victories over MIT and Columbia and a loss to Yale. After their match against Albany College was snowed out, the team spent the day skiing at Piko Peak...
...whines one. The quiet blond in the corner has been here for six months and has lost 100 Ibs. The pounds, sad to say, do not come cheap: Canyon Ranch is not wildly expensive as such spas go, but it still costs about $1,000 a week during the peak season...
...that the company has an office in almost every U.S. city with a population of more than 5,000, Bloch fears that the growth of his tax business may soon peak. As a result, he is moving H&R Block into several new fields. Block's Personnel Pool of America, with some 300 branches nationwide, provides nurses for temporary hospital and home medical care. The company's CompuServe division supplies a variety of computer-based services, including an electronic mail system for businesses. Through a new subsidiary, Block provides management services to a chain of 65 storefront legal...