Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Single women reach the peak of neuroticism between 30 and 35. Commented Dr. Wrilloughby facetiously: "Maybe they've given up hope by that time...
...mountain climber who will be 82 next month, plodded to the summit of Mount Crescent (3,280 ft.) near Gorham, N. H. and down again. Her most conspicuous exploit occurred 24 years ago when she climbed Mount Huascaran (21,812 ft.) in the Peruvian Andes. In her honor a peak of the mountain was named Cumbre Ana Peck...
...Gledhill, 16-14, 3-6, 4-6, 9-7, 6-2. Almost everyone expected, on the showing of the teams in the semifinals, that Van Ryn & Allison would reverse the beating they took from Vines & Gledhill in the Newport final last fortnight. Instead, Vines suddenly went to the very peak of his game, dominated the match completely, poured into court a stream of bullet serves, volleys at incredible angles, drives that caught Van Ryn & Allison ankle-high. At 0-5 in the third set, Allison & Van Ryn made a last stand. They took Allison's serve and then broke...
...died eight years ago, was Edward Franklin ("Pop'') Geers of Lebanon, Tenn., who won nearly $2,000,000 in prizes. Two more grand old men of trotting distinguished themselves last week, one in Ohio and one in New York, at Goshen where the Grand Circuit reached its peak in the Hambletonian Stakes, one-mile race named for the greatest U. S. trotting sire...
...room & board in a charity shelter. Sales of home air filterers perked up. If his sleeping quarters are free from dust, the mildly sensitive hayfever victim will not suffer very much during the hours he must spend in open, unfiltered air. Allergists prepared for the annual autumn peak of their specialized practice...