Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...back still aches, and he persists in that rocking chair. His national popularity has been slipping-from a Gallup poll peak of 83% two years ago to 64% last month. Like any U.S. President, he has problems, both domestic and foreign, in plenty. Yet, as have few Presidents before him, John Fitzgerald Kennedy has managed to "project his image"-and upon no place more than on his city of temporary residence: Washington...
...Working up the relatively friendly South Col route were Barry Bishop, 30, a National Geographic photographer, and Luther Jerstad, 26, a University of Oregon speech instructor, retracing the path of Everest's earlier conquerors, among them Teammate James Whittaker, 34, who planted the Stars and Stripes on the peak this month (TIME...
Twilight Zones. Factories have been ordered to cut power consumption 10% and everyone else (except essential services) must cut 20%. During peak load hours between 6 and 10 p.m. shopwindow lights are turned off, illuminated billboards are darkened, neon signs stop flashing. Worst of all are the daily blackouts, which hit 48 city zones in turn for periods varying between 30 and 50 minutes beginning at twilight each evening. Elevators stop, TV sets go blank, street lights blink off. As the lights finally return in darkened bars across Rio, a cry rises from dwellers in tall apartment buildings: "Give...
...Light executive privately concedes: "Even if the drought hadn't come, Rio would have had power rationing this month." Rio's power demands have been growing at an average of 8.3% per year, and the Light's capacity now falls 100,000 kw. short of peak-hour demands. Relief is not expected until the federal government's Furnas Dam project, with 600,000 kw. of installed capacity, goes into operation later this year...
These are the Red Sox, the successful nonentities who are challenging the mighty Yanks for the league lead. Some even say that they have not yet reached their peak, that when Stuart (.233) and Mejias (125) begin hitting at their usual clip, the Sox will really pull away from the rest from of the league...