Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...despised because he feared he was incapable of passion.... He was curses in English Literature, German Literature, in literature, in History--ancient and medieval, and every one of them was full of incidents that he thought mocked him, since they seemed to say that the meaning of life, the peak of existence, the core of events was one certain emotion, to which he was a stranger, and for which he was very likely too rational...
...WESTERN EUROPE. Soon after World War II, Western Europe seemed ripe for Communism. Yet France has not had a Communist in its Cabinet since May 1947; the Italian Communist Party, biggest in the West, has shrunk from a peak of 2,500,000 to 1,700,000 last year. Economically, Free Europe is in an unprecedented boom and moving toward political unity-the result of a remarkable alliance between capitalism and democratic socialism. All of this confounds Leninist-Stalinist dogma, which in 1952 predicted that the industrially advanced nations would destroy themselves in a shooting war over foreign markets...
...Great Leap Forward." In the Philippines, Burma and Malaya, Communist rebellions have been almost completely erased. Perhaps more important, spectacular industrial gains in Japan have undercut the influence of the divided local Communist Party and moderated the anti-Americanism of the left-wing Socialists, which reached a peak two years ago when anti-U.S. riots forced Ike to cancel his visit. And in India, while aging Nehru's neutralism is still highly irritating to the U.S., the country's atmosphere has lately been more friendly toward the West...
Detroit's decline has been going on for a long while. Auto production soared to an alltime peak in 1955-but there were already worrisome signs. In the face of growing foreign and domestic competition, auto companies merged, or quit, or moved out of town to get closer to markets. Automation began replacing workers in the plants that remained. In the past seven years, Chrysler, the city's biggest employer, has dropped from 130,000 to 50,000 workers. At the depth of the 1958 recession, when Detroit really began reeling. 20% of the city's work...
...defense, Memphis State's burly linemen (average weight: 222 Ibs.) gang-tackled viciously: every pile-up seemed to be covered by flocks of blue-and-grey jerseys. On offense, Memphis State was far from peak form, but still had more than enough power to brush aside sturdy Abilene Christian whenever it counted. Coach Billy Jack Murphy cleared his 38-player bench in a merciful attempt to keep the score down, but even that tactic failed: the unbeaten Tigers rolled up 379 yds. and romped to an easy 35-0 victory...