Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kabylie area, some 210 villages once controlled by the rebels offered their submission. But in Paris, Socialist Finance Minister Paul Ramadier announced gloomily that the North African war was costing a billion francs ($2,850,000) a day-as much as the Indo-China war took at its peak, and without any U.S. help. To pay for it, he asked for another $285 million in revenue, to be raised by added taxes on army suppliers and a "civic" tax on visible signs of wealth-yachts, race horses, pianos, servants...
...billion in 1956's second quarter and would reach a rate of $36.7 billion in the third quarter, both far above the first-quarter rate of $32.8 billion annually. Employment was still rising, hit a seasonal record of 65 million in May, while personal income soared to a peak of $317 billion, up $2 billion from March. Unemployment was steady at 2.6 million, unchanged from April. Department-store sales for May were 6% higher than last year, while overall sales for 1956 to date are 3% ahead...
...summit the air was dead calm, and the climbers hacked steps that took them up the final 2,658 ft. in a scant six hours. On the sun-drenched summit they stayed long enough to take pictures and offer Buddhist prayers. Two days later, a second team climbed the peak...
Maki's men were still picking their way back to Katmandu when news of their success drifted back to New Delhi. There, veteran climbers were frankly envious and just a little sad to see another peak conquered. Said Ram Rahul, climbing companion of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Douglas: "The big conquests are all but over. Before we know it. American Express will be running tourists up to the top of every Himalayan peak just to have a look...
Despite the drop in auto sales, there was no lessening of overall buying, since employment (66 million) and paychecks are at a peak. Retail sales are 3% above last year, and Philip M. Talbott, president of the National Retail Dry Goods Association (8,000 department and specialty stores), said that he expects this year's sales to break last year's record...