Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heights didn't bother us," said one of the freshmen. "We're used to mountain climbing. We wore all the proper clothing and everything, so there was no danger. The cops finally stopped us before we could actually reach Memorial's peak, as we were resting in the colonnades just below the clock...
Slichter said that the country has been experiencing a contraction of production and employment for the past six months, but he saw as upturn in the economy by the fall. The peak of production, he said, was reached last year when the output was over 372 billion dollars, but Slichter does not expect it to contract to less than 355 billion dollars...
Like all successful brain children, Lamont is celebrating its anniversary by functioning. Already this year it has served more undergraduates than in any previous fall term, and business has reached an all-time peak this reading period. A committee of 125 faculty members has finished weeding out and revising the list of titles in the collection, and the now titles have been published in the library's first printed catalogue. Boyond this, the library is expanding its services in new fields in an effort to attract more adherents. The young library is a robust and active five year...
...gross national product (the total value of all goods and services produced) reached a new peak of $368 billion, up 5% from the year before. What gave meaning to all the figures was that for the most part they represented real gains, not just more inflation. The cost of living during the year edged up a mere 1%, and at year's end had turned down...
Despite uncertainties, the stock market kept on rising, and at 283 on the Dow-Jones industrials average, was only 3% below the year's peak. More important, there was little slackening in overall retail buying. In a last-minute Christmas rush, sales reached a new yearly peak. And though year-end steel production, at 66.6% of capacity, was the lowest (except for strike shutdowns) in three years, U.S. Steel's Ben Fairless was not alarmed...