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Word: peake (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...number of miles needed to get a free ticket (20,000 miles for a coach seat, vs. the current 35,000). But those tickets will allow travel only during certain times and within the mainland U.S. The airline will sharply increase the number of miles needed to fly at peak times to more desirable tourist destinations (a whopping 240,000 for two first-class seats to Hawaii, vs. the current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRLINES: Throttling Back The Giveaways | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...definitely a force to be reckoned with," Toner said. "A lot of the freshmen are going to come around and start to peak as they make the transformation from high school to the intercollegiate level...

Author: By Chris Thorne, | Title: Thinclads Visit Yale, Look to Bounce Back | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...people. They remain in apartments because they cannot afford the high cash down payments and interest rates needed to buy a house. In fact, the U.S. has reversed a four-decade trend toward greater home ownership. The percentage of all households that own their homes, after climbing to a peak of 65.6% in 1980, has since edged down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Vacancy: The housing squeeze gets worse | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

Saturday, 7--International hostilities peak when Libyan strongman Moammar Khaddafy sends bombers out to blow the Mather House Booze Cruise out of the water. "We have stated time and time again that our territorial waters extend into Boston Harbor," the Libyan leader says. "If those smart-alecky Harvard kids don't respect The Line of Death ... well, tough nuggies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Year to Come | 4/1/1988 | See Source »

...brackets, in which rates range from 27% to 60%, will be reduced to two: individuals with taxable incomes of (pounds)19,300 (about $35,500) a year or less will pay 25%, those who earn more, 40%. Though Thatcher has brought the top tax rate down from a peak of 83% in 1979, not everyone is pleased. When Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson presented the budget in the House of Commons last week, members of the opposition Labor Party interrupted him by chanting, "Rich man's budget," causing a ten-minute suspension of the session...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXES: Cutting the Price of Fame | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

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