Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from 122 to 145. But all 23 of their new seats were taken from the middle-roading Democratic Socialists, who until they broke away a year ago had belonged to the Socialist Party anyway. Big losers were Japan's minor parties-though the Communists, who had a 1949 peak of 35 seats, increased their representation in the Diet from one to three members...
High Scenery. Many of the small colleges boast magnificent surroundings. Colorado is in the shadow of Pikes Peak. Washington State's Whitman (fine pre-med training) thrives near wheat fields and ski slopes. Other "unknown" colleges are in lively U.S. cities: New Orleans' Sophie Newcomb is the women's branch of Tulane University; and Washington. D.C.'s Trinity is a topflight Roman Catholic girls' school that emphasizes science and languages, including Russian and Chinese. New York City's Wagner College has a double feature: a hilltop rural campus on Staten Island with a sweeping...
Private book collecting in the U.S. reached its peak in the '20s, before its frenzy was cooled by taxes, the Depression and the increasing rarity of first-rate items outside institutional libraries. During that time it was customary for the great auction houses to announce after important sales that "unless otherwise noted, all books were bought by Dr. Rosenbach." The coolness with which the Philadelphia dealer, by an inclination of his head, would top a bid by ?500 caught the public's fancy, and Dr. R. knew how to keep publicity afloat. Solemnly he advertised: "Shakespeare...
...cross-country team elected Mark H. Mullin of Dunster House and Mt. Carroll, Ill, its leader for next season. Mullin, number one man on this year's cross-country team, reached his peak with a second in the Big Three meet in New Haven behind Yale's Bill Bachrach. He finished 11th in the Heptagonal championships at Van Cortland Park in New York City...
Thieves' Market. Evenings, most tourists ride the funicular railway up the 1,800-foot Peak, which was once the exclusive citadel of British taipans and has a view of sea, sky and islands that puts the Bay of Naples to shame. They go to the floating restaurants at the fishing village of Aberdeen, where patrons select the live fish that will be served them at dinner. Between bouts of shopping, visitors wander amid the outlandish statuary of the Tiger Balm Garden or prowl the stairway streets above Queen's Road and look into the thieves' market...