Word: peaked
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...Hoxby, another struggle was to find the median where one could appropriately gauge the financial windfalls of a particular college degree. The mid-20s were too early, she says, because graduates have not become settled in their careers. While the earnings usually start to peak in the mid-40s, earnings potential can already be gauged by the early...
...Harvard scored more points than any other Crimson squad this century, Linden blistered Holy Cross for three touchdown runs, a career-high 272 yards passing and a touchdown pass in a 52-24 pasting that epitomized Harvard's dominance that year. It was Linden--and Harvard football--at its peak...
...treat, as cancers go, it is on the rise. An article in the August Journal of Urology reports that the incidence of the disease has shot up 51% over the past 40 years. And while it's typically diagnosed between ages 30 and 35, with a second, smaller peak in men over 65, testicular cancer is now showing up in younger and younger men. Despite its low profile, in fact it's the most prevalent form of cancer among men in their...
...screen partners. The actor, who died in 1996 at 72, recalls his career with eloquence, irony and a gentle wonder. To hear him utter, with a child's reverence, the names Gary Cooper and Clark Gable is to hear a cordial peal of thunder from one Olympic peak to another. "I like people; I love life," he says. "Perhaps that is why life has loved me in return." At three hours-plus, this is the Shoah of movie-star chats. But it is worth every second if the viewer brings an imaginary glass of Chianti to this enthralling, poignant feast...
...mother. The Browns used to live in the Littleton area, and Jordan's brother Garrett, 17, who had friends at Columbine, was too upset to make the visit. "I thought the school was much bigger," says Greg Owens, 36, a Chicagoan who routed himself here after taking in Pikes Peak and Colorado sites. "But it sure touched me. For two teenagers to have done something like that...