Word: peake
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...money than they do." Nor do young partners feel threatened by a woman's aggressiveness in the bedroom. As a result, women contend, sex is better, more inventive. Though such pairings have long been regarded as "unnatural," supporters argue that they are biologically astute. Since men reach their sexual peak around the age of 20, and women attain theirs in the 30s, sex drives are better matched. Says Jessica Myers, 43, a fund raiser in Trenton who is married to Editor Richard Carlin, 31: "These relationships make sense because women live longer...
...rise after students were evacuated from the island in 1983. But the T-shirt industry, which flourished with brisk sales to U.S. service members, has waned since their departure in 1985. The prospect of increased tourism appears bleak. Grenada's twelve hotels remain half empty during peak season. Cruise ships make regular stops, but the mad dashes of passengers through gift shops are hardly a permanent boon to the economy. Vendors hawking spices and tropical shirts comb the beaches for stray tourists...
Coming off a banner year this year, and a bumper crop of early admits following Harvard's 350th celebration last year, the University may have reached its peak in early action applications. "We may expect next year to see some declines," Fitzsimmons said yesterday...
...large institutional investors, the rise was the first feeble recovery following the back-to-back record weekly drops of 235.48 and 295.98 points earlier this month. Even so, the market's comeback is nascent, to say the least. The Dow now stands 729 points, or 27%, below its August peak of 2722. In terms of lost value, U.S. stocks remain $850 billion below their recent high. Moreover, while many big shots may be persuaded that the market is safe to re-enter, the general population will not soon forget the spectacle of Wall Streeters in a panic. Consumer confidence shows...
...self-awareness movement confirmed Wolfe's originality. Unlike the reigning intellectuals of the day, he took American mass culture at face value, though not with a straight face. His New Journalism combined the skills and stamina of an ace reporter with the techniques of fiction, and it reached its peak in The Right Stuff, the 1979 recounting of the lives and times of the Mercury astronauts...