Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...World War II, the nation spent at a higher rate ($90 billion in the peak year of 1945).But the present spending has no clearly visible end. As far as anyone can tell, the U.S. taxpayer will go on & on building his five pyramids (or more) a year...
Hungary. Deportations to the provinces reached their highest peak in July. In Budapest, where an average of 2,000 people are being thrown out of their homes every week, some fathers expecting deportation of their families are tattooing their children so that they will be able to identify them in the future...
...revolutionary type of one-piece men's "athletic underwear." Later, they brought out two-piece models as well. Loose-fitting and comfortable, B.V.D.s were a sensational improvement over old-fashioned bulky underwear. Plugged by its catchy slogan, "Next to myself, I like B.V.D. best," sales hit an estimated peak of 7,200,000 pairs a year in the mid-'20s. The lean & lissome males in B.V.D. ads (see cut) became as familiar as the Arrow Collar...
...making division and a subsidiary to furnish low-cost cement, chemicals and finishes to the manufacturing plants. By 1941, his integrated company had 43 retail stores of its own, 10,000 other outlets, and sales of $24 million. Last year, with outlets in 18 nations, sales hit a new peak of $84 million, and General netted $4,000,000. Just before buying Johnston & Murphy, Maxey Jarman expanded by buying Massachusetts' W. L. Douglas (men's) Shoe Co. and the Nisley Shoe Co., a chain of 45 retail stores in the Midwest. He now has 23 manufacturing plants, more...
Automakers are not alone in their troubles. Even the steel companies, with orders at a peak, are hit. Bethlehem Steel's gross for the first half reached a spectacular $876 million, but a doubled tax load dragged its net down 14% to $49 million. Only by boosting its sales 20% did Inland Steel add a modest 6% to its net ($19 million). Of a dozen reporting electric utility companies, eleven had higher revenues, but four had lower nets than...