Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...house party has taken to the skies. Time: between peak periods of the tourist rush to Europe. Place: charter flights across the North Atlantic. Guests of honor: thousands of Americans who might never visit the Continent without the organized buildup, the cheap fares (average round trip: $265), and the group security of the newest way to go abroad. In three years charter flights have grown 200%, now account for more than one in every ten passengers who fly the North Atlantic. This year charter flights will attract such diverse groups as Manhattan's Cliff Dwellers Deviltry and Diversion Society...
...countries, spectators spent a record $3,200,000 for tickets before the first event was held. Among the athletes were scores of strong-willed and strong-muscled individualists, men and women with the zeal to toil through tedious years of training and the control to reach their peak in the brief, intense flurry of com petition. Even in such a high-caliber group, a dignified U.S. Negro named Rafer Johnson stood...
...land on the winner's stand. High Jumper John Thomas, 19, lectures himself before each attempt ("Now, John, don't duck your head into the bar"), takes his own advice so well that no one thinks his best jump of 7 ft. 3¼ in. is his peak. Pole Vaulter Don ("Tarzan") Bragg, 25, has hauled his fullback's body (6 ft. 3 in., 197 lbs.) up 15 ft. 9¼ in. Broad Jumper Ralph Boston, 21, holds the unofficial world record of 26 ft. 11½ in., will likely get his strongest competition from Germany...
...first cars were slapped together by backyard mechanics, and the races had a pleasantly informal air. Now the winning cars come almost exclusively from more than 20 Italian, English, French and U.S. firms-including renowned racing names like Lotus, Cooper and OSCA-who are building the new cars at peak capacity. Europeans are grooming their Formula Junior cars with Grand Prix care and cash. When New York's grand old Vanderbilt Cup was revived in June after a 22-year lapse, the promoters shrewdly chose the Formula Junior as the competition class, drew such top drivers as Walt Hansgen...
...Considered so difficult that the National Park Service has refused all applicants until this year, though Longs Peak itself has been climbed innumerable times by other routes...