Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Swami. Munkund LaL Ghosh and Basu Kumar Ragchi, swart swamis, ran a school for ladies in Los Angeles, Calif. They took their pupils to the peak of a neighboring mountain where the atmosphere was such that "heaven vibrations" and "love control" were easy, and fat reduction a frolic. The regular fee was $35, but several clients were moved to rounder numbers. Fortnight ago, the irate husband of one client whipped Swami Lal Ghosh...
...unusual increase in the activity of the sun has been reported by Professor H. T. Stetson of the Astronomical Laboratory, as an indication that the peak of the number and size of sunspots for this year will be reached sometime within the next week...
...which before the early part of last week had been rather clear, is now spotted with masses 100,000 miles across. Indications are that the peak will be the highest ever reached since...
Several years ago, Dr. Abbot led an expedition 30,000 miles to find the best place in the world from which to observe the sun. Finally, he picked the peak of Mount Brukkaros in the land of the Hottentots,* 200 miles from Windhoek, capital of Southwest Africa. There, scientists with delicate instruments will go to catch sunbeams that have never been caught before...
...cigarets during the period of peak demand...