Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Texas and Louisiana for 90% of its supply. While it lasted, no one could match U.S. brimstone in price or purity. Sulphur from pyrites deposits was largely ignored, since brimstone is cheaper and easier to use. But as demand for sulphur rose to more than 150% of the peak war years, the rich Gulf coast brimstone deposits began to run out. Reserves above ground shrank from an 18 months' supply to a scant six months...
...will have enough for "all-out war-or all-out peace." He cited two examples : "We are establishing a production capacity of 35,000 tanks a year and intend to be able to produce 18,000 jet engines a month." (The figure, for jets alone, almost equaled peak U.S. production of aircraft engines in World War II.) The size of that goal could best be measured by Russia's arms-in-being: an estimated 40,000 tanks, 19,000 planes, of which 9,000 are post-World War II fighters, some 5,000 are jets...
Ridgway is a man of formidable energy. In Africa during World War II, he would go out evenings and scan the horizon. Anyone who wandered near would be accosted with, "Look at that peak. Let's climb it." And off the general and the unfortunate would go. His aides used to duck into the nearest tent when the general came out to scan the evening sky. At home he plays deck tennis, handball, likes camping and hunting. In Korea he gets most of his exercise by walking. Sometimes, to channel some of his physical energy, he climbs a hill...
...officers and 3.131 enlisted men lost their lives in a service which at peak strength never numbered more than 4,000 officers and 46,000 enlisted men (some 16,000 actually manning subs). In the closing chapters of Sink 'Em All, ViceAdmiral Lockwood speculates on the role of U.S. atomic subs, which should be able to circle the world without surfacing. No speculations are offered or required as to the courage of the men who will man them...
Located in the Children's Medical Center, the clinic treats those who are recovering from the disease, gives them exercises, and teaches them to use their constricted muscles again. During 1949, a peak year, the clinic handled 1,895 new patients. It is not officially a part of the Medical School but is completely staffed...