Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Getting a three-year-old tuned up for the Kentucky Derby is a delicate matter of training and timing. Some trainers hold that the proper pitch is achieved by winter racing in Florida or California; others favor a slower tempo, try to bring the horse to quick Derby peak in the April prep races. Last week Trainer Syl Veitch, who handles horses for C. V. ("Sonny") Whitney, made the gradual approach look impressive...
...peak production at General Motors Corp.* and other auto plants was reflected in the steel and tire industries. Both Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. and Pittsburgh Steel Co. racked up bigger profits in the first quarter than they had in all of 1949, and Armco Steel Corp.'s quarterly net of $11.8 million was about 42% above last year's period. B. F. Goodrich Co.'s sales were up 12% over 1949's first quarter; U.S. Rubber Co.'s were...
...report is also expected to indicate that women do not reach the peak of their sexual drive until about the age of 29 (in men it occurs in the upper teens), that higher education tends to inhibit women sexually, and that there is a slightly higher percentage of homosexuality among women than among...
...female sexual drive, Loth said remains at a peak until about the age of 35. "After this the female curve declines rapidly to meet that of the male...
Although no exact figures are now available, Ernst and Loth estimate that the frequency of sexual outlet varies more greatly among women than among men, and that the male peak is higher than that of the female...