Word: peaked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last June, Ross Perot became the first independent or third-party candidate in the history of American polling to surpass the major-party nominees in pre-election surveys Polling organizations said no such candidate had ever pushed past 30 percent in national polls--but Perot at his peak drew a stunning 39 percent...
Weiden said that gaining a victory this weekend after having lost to Brown last weekend bodes well for the Crimson, who always seem to peak at the right time...
...country is stuck in a severe economic slump that after three years is at best beginning to bottom out -- maybe. Though the stock market has turned up, it is still 50% below its peak. The banking system is staggering under bad debts, and almost every week another big manufacturer announces plans to cut production and trim its work force...
Today his properties have been sold at a loss, his employees all dismissed and his wife and children moved from the suburban house to a small city apartment. His income, earned by running a small real estate management firm, has slid from a peak of $36,000 a month to $5,600. That is not enough even to begin repaying the $5.8 million he owes to a bank and a leasing company; he pays a pittance of $450 a month in interest to the leasing company, nothing to the bank. Hoshino resignedly says "the way things...
...BOTTOM LINE: She's not just a theme park or a punch line for bosom jokes; she's a singer-songwriter in peak form...