Word: peakes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...remaining running events come in the questionable group. Don French is a half-miler capable of bettering two minutes some time this season, but as yet he hasn't hit his peak. The two-mile could be strong if Jerry Whatmough, a professor's son, and Jim Gerry, brother of the varsity's star Hal, live up to their potential. So far, neither has shown up well outdoors...
...loss of the B60 contract was a grave shock to ex-Boss Odlum. But Convair still has a backlog of more than $1 billion in orders for its military planes and its pressurized Convair 340 transport. Last year it netted $10,400,000, close to its World War II peak ($12,300,000). With Convair in the fold, Hopkins hopes to make General Dynamics both general, dynamic, and radioactive...
...Manhattan, the symphony season reached its winter peak, and Carnegie Hall resounded with fine music night after night. The resident New York Philharmonic-Symphony and the NBC Symphony gave their usual concerts. In addition, four major visiting orchestras came packing in within six days to fly their flags in the musical capital...
Jeffries was far from eager; he had quit training, was long past his peak and weighed 285 Ibs. But he was hounded endlessly, both by Promoter Tex Rickard and the public. He went to Europe to relax and was startled one day when Britain's King Edward VII stepped out of a shop in Carlsbad and accosted him. The King, who had been picking out silver foxes for a lady friend, wanted to know when he would beat Johnson. Jeffries came home, and on Oct. 29, 1909 signed to fight Li'l Arthur 45 rounds...
...Champion. Later, the Korean war drove natural rubber sky-high (peak: 75? a Ib.), and forced most of the Government plants back into production. Research was also stepped up, financed by the Government and carried out by the private operators of the plants (tiremakers, oil and chemical companies). As a result, more than half the shoes made last year were soled with synthetic rubber. Even the once-scorned "general purpose" synthetic (GR-S), which in tires once lasted for barely 5,000 miles, is now made mostly by the low-temperature process that turns out hard-wearing "cold rubber" (TIME...