Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when they were put together last November. The handsome, well-built (6 ft. 3 in., 194 Ibs.) Litzenberger was an in and outer who had only occasionally shown the brilliance that made him rookie of the year in 1954. The small (160 Ibs.), scrappy Lindsay was considered past his peak, came to Chicago last year after 13 brilliant years as a star with the Detroit Red Wings. Sloan, most recently a bench warmer for the Toronto Maple Leafs, was bought last summer chiefly for utility purposes...
...little more than a decade later, Harry Belafonte stands at the peak of one of the remarkable careers in U.S. entertainment. His own expressive, light brown hands-clenched in anger, or fanned in a kind of ineffable wonder, or carving an emotional tracery under the spotlights-are as familiar in the world's famed theaters and nightclubs and on U.S. TV as his husky voice. Instead of riding the IRT, Belafonte now has his choice of two Mercedes-Benzes; to the subway girl, who was his first wife, he was able to give a $10,000 platinum bracelet...
...points (to a new high of 84), U.S. Steel picked up 4⅝ (to 944), Bethlehem, Armco and Youngstown all ran higher. And with them went the market. By week's end, shares on the Dow-Jones industrial average had gained 14.24 points to reach a new peak: 602.21, and a level nearly 40% higher than the recession low of 16 months...
...comeback. The order books were filled for months ahead, and the mills were pouring at near-record rates. The figure last week: 86% of the industry's newly expanded capacity, 2,439,000 actual tons and a volume within hollering distance of the 2,525,000-ton alltime peak set in December 1956. As customers hurried to build up depleted inventories and hedge against the threat of a strike or higher prices in July, some mills even began to ration short products on an informal basis. Steelmen expect the big demand to run through the second quarter at least...
...year ago. The continuing production pickup pushed freight carloadings more than 6% above last year's level, the fifth straight weekly rise. Total industrial production in January moved up for the ninth straight month to 143% of the 1947-49 average, just four points below the all time peak of December 1956. Personal income was also up by $2.4 billion to a record $362.3 billion, and spurred buying. In mid-February, department stores rang up 8% more sales than last year...