Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...players complain of his cruelty, hinting darkly that he has driven a musician or two into emergency mental care. Others feel that he is so coldly unresponsive to their feelings that he pushes them past the point of artistic aspiration, rehearsing so much that they pass their peak before concert time. "If you really want to hear how good we are, come to rehearsal," says a Cleveland violinist...
...usual. Capital spending by business, one of the prime necessities of an economic upturn, has yet to increase significantly beyond its 1957 level. Government spending will probably be held down by the sharp political reaction to the threat of a large federal deficit. Industrial production has slid off the peak it reached last September, and in January just managed to equal December's performance. Any strong economic advance in 1963 will have to originate somewhere else, and many economists feel that the consumer is the only one left to start...
...left by your otherwise delightful article on Caribbean travel that unless the visitor can match dollar for dollar with Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Mellon and Mr. Ford he had better stay home. The fact is that the majority of Barbados accommodations, for example, are approximately $15 with meals at this peak time of year...
Aside from all that, there are at least 17,000 Russians in Cuba. The Kennedy Administration makes a great point that this represents a decrease from the peak strength of about 22,000 reached last October; hardly mentioned is the fact that the 5,000 who left were specialists sent to handle the medium-and long-range missiles that Khrushchev pulled...
...Niland's prosperity collapsed. Since 1956 the number of tomato growers in the area has plunged from 300 to 28. Cars, trucks and farm equipment were abandoned by their owners, are now rusting into worthless junk. One of Niland's remaining tomato farmers recalls that during the peak of the season he used to put $20,000 a week into the bank. Now, even the bank is closed...