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Word: peakes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ease the burden at the usual peak of traffic in the Fall by putting all equipment repairs on a normal basis before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILWAYS: The Big Year | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

Combined March sales of Sears Roebuck & Co. and Montgomery Ward & Co. were exceeded only once before, in 1920, when prices were about at the peak. Considering the difference in price levels, last month s business was better than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Two Chicago Houses | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

...Boston Y. M. C. A. team and Andover were beaten 21-13 and 25-20 the week before the Yale game, the team nearing the peak of its development by this time. Carefully directed by Coach Chase, the players were kept in the best of condition and the team was at the height of its power when it faced Yale on Saturday. Although Yale piled up a lead of seven points in the first few minutes of the game, the Crimson team came back to tie the score before the end of the half and with a final rally, spurted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VICTORY OVER YALE IS FEATURE OF 1926 SEASON | 3/21/1923 | See Source »

...publisher advertises, "The Pointed Tower", by Vance Thompson, IS the peak of excitement. "Maxa", by Robert Elson is another "Thriller". Read them and weep--with excitement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRIEF BITS ABOUT BOOKS | 3/9/1923 | See Source »

Slides were then thrown on the screen showing the exact location and the topography in the neighborhood of the peak. Taking his subject well in hand Mr. Mallory described in detail the expedition's first attempt to scale the mountain last May. After establishing five camps the party fell short of reaching their destination by 2,000 feet. They would have gone further but the third member of the party became ill and in order not to leave him to die, it was decided to turn back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MALLORY THRILLS UNION AUDIENCE | 2/28/1923 | See Source »

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