Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rubble Lift. Under Brauer's direction, three narrow-gauge railroads were driven into Hamburg's ruins to cart out the rubble; at the peak one train ran every ten minutes, loaded with 4,000 tons of scrap steel and mortar. Hamburg rebuilt faster than any other city in Germany: 130.000 homes. 52 schools, enough new jobs to employ 65,000 more workers than prewar. Shipping shot back to 70% of normal, production rose 6% over 1936. Back to its prewar population of 1,600,000, Hamburg once more became West Germany's biggest city...
Using these same yardsticks, it is hard to prove that the U.S. is in a recession now, although sales are down in some industries. Industrial output of 232 is near the postwar peak of 243, unemployment of 1,200,000 is near its alltime low, stock prices are only 6% below their bull-market peak, and the gross national product is within a shade of its peacetime high...
Though complete figures were unavailable, both chairmen felt last night's contributions would considerably raise their expected totals. "The drive usually reaches its peak during the second and third days," Strasser said...
...into the new General Education scheme. About the nature of the course and its students, Cohen says, "As the most elementary course in the field, it presents quite a challenge for me and my staff to get even the rudiments across to scientifically naive students." Judging from the continued peak enrollment, he has adequately met the challenge...
Other signs of easier credit: ¶General Motors Acceptance Corp., Commercial Credit Co. and C.I.T. Financial Corp.-the "big three" of the finance business-last week cut the interest rates they pay for short-term loans to 2¼% and 2⅝%. This was ⅛% below the peak rates...