Word: peaked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Three generations have passed since the temperance crusaders who marched to such verses were at the peak of their power, and 45 years have gone by since repeal of the 18th Amendment. Yet vestiges of Prohibition are still visible in many state and local liquor laws, and they stir heated passions...
...some service stations, especially in the Northeast, NO GAS signs hung on the unleaded fuel pumps; other signs set limits on the amount a customer could buy. Almost everywhere, meanwhile, prices have been creeping up instead of slipping back as they usually do after the peak travel season...
Shopping is not as much fun as it used to be. During peak buying seasons like the monthlong countdown to Christmas that begins every year after Thanksgiving, it can be downright agony for some people. Parking is a pain, stores are crowded, and sales clerks are often inexperienced or hard to find. One result has been a burst of new activity in an old idea: mail order. Not since Chicago Merchant Aaron Montgomery Ward put out his first "catalogue"-a one-page number flogging bed ticking, hoop skirts and $8 ladies' watches-almost a century ago has there been...
...quarters means three-quarters of each game. The people back of him are given that much less preparation time." Dallas Coach Tom Landry admits: "I don't think we really adjusted to the short training-camp schedule. We coaches have to learn to pace the players better and peak earlier...
...rain and dry off. It was the couple who convinced me not to hike in the rain, to wait till the next day when, perhaps, it would be beautiful again. It was easy to acquiesce. After 210 miles I wanted to climb to the top of the highest peak in the U.S. and take in the view, a pointless effort in the rain which hid the mountain from the view and the view from the mountain...