Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...peak strength, the main quarantine force consisted of 16 destroyers, three cruisers, an antisubmarine aircraft carrier and six utility ships. Deployed in reserve were nearly 150 other ships, including the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise. In all, the Navy came alongside 55 Cuba-bound ships, let them pass through after establishing that they carried no proscribed material. Navy planes and ships also detected and tracked half a dozen Soviet submarines. When the subs surfaced to recharge their batteries, they were politely hailed by Russian-speaking U.S. interpreters, then permitted to continue their voyage. One destroyer gathered a Dixieland combo...
...November Aerobee flight, the exact date of which is still secret, will last only for a quarter of an hour. During the five minutes when the rocket is at the peak of its flight, the observatory will received and analyze date from the ultra-violet spectroscope which will be placed on board. If the Harvard instrument proves operational under flight conditions, it will become part of a satellite called the "Orbiting Solar Observatory II" (OSO II). A Thor-Delta rocket combination will launch OSO II in the summer...
...earth's surface, the Soviet Union would hardly be expected to worry much about traffic jams. Yet Russia has a growing problem, for almost all the cars and trucks are concentrated in the larger cities or on the few major roads between them. Especially congested at peak hours are some of the main streets of Moscow, where dump trucks and haulers vie at a snail's pace with taxis to get from one distant suburb to another. Last week a brand-new 68-mile superhighway was opened in the hope of speeding things up. The road, which forms...
...Then. This year Fortie is at peak form-even if his team is not. Against George Washington, he picked up 272 yds. rushing; Brigham Young lost. 13-12. Against Arizona, he ran and passed for 343 yds., and B.Y.U. lost that one too, 27-21. But fortnight ago, when cellar-dwelling Brigham Young took on league-leading New Mexico, Fortie got some unexpected help from the usually leaky B.Y.U. defense. He scored one touch down, passed for two more, and outgained the entire New Mexico team 232 yds. to 107 yds. in an upset 27-0 victory...
Seldom has Hong Kong's business been better. Big hotels such as the fustily genteel Peninsula and Repulse Bay are packed with tourists. The repair yards of the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. hum with ships coming and going. Passengers crowd the Star Ferry Co. boats and the Peak Tramways' cable cars, which provide the most spectacular 10? rides in the world. China Light & Power Co. is adding four 60-megawatt turbines at a total cost of $34 million...