Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trying to keep our city clean, we have more than doubled the number of curb miles of streets swept mechanically at least three times per week . . . Refuse collections cover 51% of the city's entire area daily, and the remaining areas have collections three times a week, a peak of service which is unparalleled in any city in our nation ... It might also interest you to know that a recent survey by scientists shows that the air in New York City is adjudged the second cleanest of the cities of our nation . . . ROBERT F. WAGNER Mayor New York City...
...faiths, all denominations, all areas of the country are caught up in the construction rush. In the last decade, churches have spent $3 billion on new building, as compared to the $1.3 billion spent in the previous peak decade, the ?20s. Estimates for the next ten years run to approximately $7 2 billion. Other facts and figures: ¶Last year U.S. churches spent half a billion dollars on new construction, with the Southern Baptists alone accounting for $130 million and the Congregational Christian Churches spending more than $20 million. ¶So far this year, the upward trend has continued...
Hill's enterprise is one of the largest charge-it businesses in the world. At peak season he employs 3,000 clerks in his main office and two branches (one in Glasgow, the other in the London financial district). Prospective clients call up, name banks or reputable friends as references, then ask Hill's for a weekly credit-anything from 10 to thousands of pounds. (A few wealthy clients have no credit limits.) Once the credit is granted, the player places his bet by phone, telegram or mail. One squad of clerks makes sure the wager was received...
Obedience Test. Over the weekend, David and Grandfather were hosts at a hot-dog and pop party for 32 of David's recent campmates. "The President and his staff, Dwight David Eisenhower II, invite the members of Sky Line Ranch to Byers Peak Ranch for a luncheon," read the invitation. Ike found himself surrounded and cut off by a swarm of pop-eyed youngsters. "Boy, I've never met a President before!" said one little boy. "A lot of people twice your age have never met one either" confided...
...have inspected it. The public is admitted five days a week between 10 a.m. and noon, and despite the brief visiting hours, tourists troop through at the rate of 3,000 a day (sometimes more than twice that in the spring, when Washington's tourism is at a peak). Inevitably, the floors have been scarred by more than 6,000,000 heels, and the hangings and wall coverings have been soiled by those who could not resist the urge to touch. The repairs-handled by White House maintenance men-are necessary every two years, and were arranged this summer...