Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mile run, Harvard's Jim Smith won in 4:16.1 with sophomore Dick Howe close behind. Jim Baker, who picked up third place with a 4:20 time, was running below his peak for the season and still was not pressed by Northeastern...
...insulted his opponents: Sonny Listen was "an ugly bear"; Floyd Patterson was "a chump"; George Chuvalo was "a washerwoman." Last week, Cassius Clay reached a peak-of sorts. In Manhattan to publicize his Feb. 6 title fight with Ernie Terrell, he flew completely off the handle when Terrell casually referred to him as "Clay...
...mountains go, Antarctica's Vinson Massif* is not particularly awe-inspiring in its height. A humpbacked hunk of granite that rises to 16,860 ft., Vinson is the highest known peak on the continent, but it is still lower than ten mountains in North America. For an accomplished alpinist, the hike to the summit would seem like a Sunday stroll -if only it weren't for a couple of complications...
...until the climbers return to civilization will full details of the Vinson ascent be known. And that may be quite a while. Last week Leader Clinch informed McMurdo Sound that the expedition was shifting its attention to Mount Tyree-at 16,290 ft., the second highest peak in Antarctica...
...finance the budget deficit. Under longstanding moral and legal commitments that they could not ignore, the banks were also shelling out corporate loans faster than they were taking in deposits. In New York City banks, the ratio of loans climbed to well over 70% of deposits, a 45-year peak...