Word: peaked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rumors have whipsawed the world's stock markets, heightening the mood of impending economic disaster. The Dow Jones average closed at 2510.64 last week, up 58 points for the week but down almost 500 points from its peak in July. Other markets have been hit even harder. In the shadow of Tokyo's debacle, Taiwan's exchange has fallen 80% since February, a collapse so sharp that it has prompted several local investors to commit suicide...
...with two or three players in the game, or even four or five," he said. "We need all six--actually all 14--players to be at their peak efficiency if we want...
That is a plus for scientists. Without flowing liquids to cause erosion, the geological history of Venus has been preserved and can now be observed as if by time-lapse photography. For example, the outline of one mountain peak clearly shows how it was formed over time by three separate upward thrusts of the planet's surface. The atmosphere preserves the land in another way as well: the clouds are so dense that all but the largest incoming meteorites burn up before striking the surface. Earth has absorbed far more hits from meteorites, although much of the evidence has eroded...
...transport system currently delivers 13 million barrels per day to and from U.S. refineries. At peak output, the SPR can pump only about 3.5 million barrels per day, and that only for three months. Then it's gone. Without stringent conservation measures--ideological anathema to Bush and his predecessor--the SPR won't last very long. What does Bush intend to do when the U.S. has used up the SPR? Won't prices creep up again (assuming they fall in the first place...
...company's apparent worth had been improperly inflated by the phony transactions with Silverado. After this sale, M.D.C. shares fell from $22 to below $1 for a time. Many M.D.C. officers and board members, including Brownstein, mysteriously managed to sell much of their personal M.D.C. stock at its peak price. The lawsuits also contend that Milken was the architect of a scheme in which M.D.C. sold junk bonds to San Diego's Imperial S&L, which eventually produced huge losses for the California thrift...