Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Everest begins, as all good epics should, before the beginning. Earlier attempts to climb the peak are described; the terrain is analyzed in a general way. Then, at a footpace, the script proceeds with the 1953 expedition-how it was organized in England, how the men were picked and trained, how the equipment was tested-and at a footpace, it continues every step of the way to the top of Everest...
...some important segments of the U.S. economy were still setting records. New construction outlays in November, for example, hit a peak for the month ($3 billion) ; and the SEC predicted this week that outlays for new plants and equipment in the next quarter will be at an annual rate of $28 billion, only 1% below the present pace. Christmas retail sales also seemed headed for a record, but probably not in Manhattan, hit by the newspaper strike (see PRESS...
...Federal Reserve Board reported last week that U.S. output of goods and services in 1953 will hit a new alltime peak of $368 billion, up 5% from last year. Personal income is up 6% to a record $285 billion; savings will probably set a new record. Though the cost of living edged to a new high in October, said the Labor Department, it was still only 1.1% above the level a year ago. Food prices, in fact, were down (see chart), and it looked as though prices have just about stabilized. The October rise was due largely to higher rents...
...slush is by plane. From Logan airport passenger flights leave daily for most points in the United States and abroad, and the resident on Coral Gables or El Paso will find the service more economical even than coach travel. Christmas in London, Paris, or Rome--at the peak of the season--is easily within the grasp of any solvent passport-holder...
...best all around game on the team belongs to Bill Wister. Barnaby calls him "a stylist." Last year he moved from twelfth position to fifth without losing a challenge match, and he may depose Brownell or Tomes because "he hasn't reached his peak...