Word: peakes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...give the Board a headstart on the wheat problem, the Department of Agriculture last week began a nationwide movement to get wheat-growers to increase their own storage facilities on the farm. Purpose: if each wheat man stored a part of his own crop, the autumn market peak would be diminished, prices would be steadied, car shortages and terminal embargoes would be avoided...
There had been sun and heat the first few days in Denver University's High Crescent Stadium which stands nearly a mile above sea level. But on the day of the race a chilly breeze blew down from Pike's Peak. It was evident that Simpson's record would not be equalled or broken...
Other Warren distinctions: As the Senate's only Civil War veteran, he holds the Congressional Medal of Honor. The highest peak in Wyoming (13,725 ft. in Wind River Range) was named Mount Warren for him. His influence was largely responsible for the selection of his son-in-law, General John Joseph Pershing, to command...
...team batting average of the Crimson nine has reached a new peak of 280 for the year as the result of consistent slugging in the last three contests. The defense, on the other hand, has crumpled sadly on occasions and will enter the Yale series with the low season average...
Meanwhile the Waiters' crew went out once and obtained the peak of condition in the single afternoon workout. The crew has put the stroke up to fourteen under the able pace setting of Rainbow, at stroke, and look forward to an easy victory Thursday, David Shaw '29, 200-pound coxswain on the waiters crew is driving his men in a fabulous fashion, for as much as 200 yards at a time...