Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...importation of such "incentive" goods as Dutch cheeses, French lingerie, Spanish oranges and Swiss watches. He encouraged builders by lifting rent controls. Under his guiding and goading, production doubled in the first year after Erhard turned it loose, and before the end of the second it passed the 1938 peak, when Hitler's economy was straining every muscle preparing for total...
...gloomy news from the unstable Middle East, but most traders thought that a far more disquieting factor was an increasingly bearish view of business prospects in the eyes of many an investor. Business is still rolling along at the highest level in history; jobs were at a steady peak in September despite layoffs in the aircraft industry (see below); and retailers were predicting record sales for the rest of the year. Yet there was enough disturbing news on the nation's economic front last week to reinforce fears that 1957's fourth quarter, while good by most normal...
...rest of the varsity should be near its peak for the game. Tackle Pete Briggs, injured against Columbia, has recovered and will be in his usual starting position at left tackle. The rest of the line will be the same unit which has blocked the Crimson to consecutive wins over Ohio and Columbia, and the backfield will have Albie Cullen at left halfback, replacing Boulris if he is unable to start, as its only newcomer to the starting ranks...
Many of the students graduating this June, he noted in his annual report, will be at the peak of their professional eminence and responsibility in 2001. "At that time, the Dean commented, "they will probably draw little from the specific information which they received here. [However,] they will be still drawing heavily on their basic legal training," including "the utility of accurate lawyer-like English composition...
...seem to bear much relationship to the economy as a whole. Despite Wall Street's bearishness. the U.S. consumer is buying more than ever. Estimates of 1957 retail business as a whole put the totals at a record $200 billion, up $8.5 billion from 1956'$ peak. Construction volume in September rose to $4.6 billion, up 4% over a year earlier. And the first earnings reports for 1957's third quarter showed that companies were still making record profits. American Telephone & Telegraph and International Business Machines both posted new highs. IBM with a nine-month net before taxes...