Word: peake
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Quarterly), is growing (circ. 558,000, up 7.5%) but has deliberately shifted from a clotheshorse consciousness to deal, like Esquire, with popular culture in the broadest sense. Under Whittle and Moffitt, Esquire's circulation has grown somewhat, from 652,000 to 730,000 (well below the mid-1970s peak of 1.25 million) while the number of advertising pages has soared from 535 in 1981 to 1,312 in 1983. Two major reasons for the upsurge: Editor Moffitt's success in appealing to affluent fellow members of the baby-boom generation, and a series of service-oriented features that...
...Yale will be tougher than their record (1-8)," Gizzi says. "But we can determine the outcome if we play our game. On paper we are the better team. We have been improving every game. I think we are ready to peak...
...problem with our team," said captain Felix Rippy, "is that we peaked too early. We weren't able to sustain our peak for this meet. We trained too hard at the beginning of the season...
Dartmouth, the winner of the race, did peak Saturday, winning the berth, along with second place finisher Providence, in the NCAA finals. Also finishing in front of the Crimson were Boston University and Northeastern. Though the harriers best Dartmouth and Northeastern earlier this year, they were just too tired to pull off a victory on Saturday. "We are relieved the season is over. This is the first guilt-free day we have enjoyed since June," Rippy said...
Today going by bus is far less economical. Even without the hotels and sideshows, it costs $70 to make that 18-hour bus trip from Chicago to Washington (lowest plane fare: $89 on Northwest Airlines). As a result, the popularity of intercity buses has been falling. From a peak in 1974, when gasoline shortages led 168.7 million passengers to leave the driving to them, the number of bus travelers dropped to 125.6 million...