Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Comparisons were irresistible, but as the week's performances emphasized, Bruhn and Nureyev are not really comparable. Bruhn, a mature 38, has polished his classical style to a peak of powerful precision and expressive economy. In the U.S. premiere of his pas de deux for Romeo and Juliet, he evoked muted strains of Romeo's tragic ardor, but the focus was less on his characterization than on the discipline of his whippet leaps and turns and the flawless flow of his carries with Italy's graceful Carla Fracci. Marveled Nureyev: "His technique is too good...
Having slowed down to round a curve that could have led to recession, the U.S. economy now is on the straightaway and picking up speed. Last week the stock market, which reacts today to what investors expect of tomorrow, climbed to an eleven-month peak...
...Justice Department's fight against organized crime, according to the commission's report, reached its peak under Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy '48, but lost its effectiveness in 1965. The commission attributed this decline to press charges of illegal wiretapping made against several federal agencies...
...gauges of the market show even more striking recovery. Standard & Poor's index of 425 industrials last week soared to an alltime high of 101.16, and the ten-month-old composite index of all 1,267 common shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange reached a new peak...
...setbacks and were buying in expectation of a strong year. General Motors gained $5.25 a share despite a 34.5% plunge in profits (see following story). Chrysler, which rose $2.63 two weeks ago in the face of a 71% profit dip, added another $1.75 last week to reach a 1967 peak of $44.25. When Du Pont reported a 24% profit decline two weeks ago, its shares jumped from $147 to $158.25; last week Du Pont traded as high as $167.50 before easing back to close...