Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many extremes of asceticism were developed because, for some reason, drugs ceased to be available. But, to the orthodox Christian, "technological" or "chemical" mysticism is either blasphemous or absurd. The man who gets to a mountaintop in a funicular has the same view as the man who climbs the peak, but the effort of getting there is important too; the vision is not all, and manuals of contemplation often advise against paying too much attention to "beauty." Indeed the Christian concept of grace-never earned, never under man's control-seems to nullify the idea that...
Ryun has run faster since. Distance runners traditionally do not reach their peak before their mid-20s-Britain's Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4-min. barrier in 1954, and France's Michel Jazy, the current record holder, is 30. Ryun, at the tender age of 19, is already the second-fastest miler in history. In this month's Compton Invitational track meet at Los Angeles, he sped the distance in 3 min. 53.7 sec.-just .1 sec. off Jazy's world record. Afterward, he complained mildly that the official who was supposed...
Good fortune obviously could not stay at that astronomical peak-and it didn't. Marichal won 22 games in 1964; he also spent weeks in traction with a pinched nerve in his back. Even that was a minor crisis compared with The Incident of 1965, when for the first time anyone can remember Juan Marichal lost his cool completely-thereby endangering another man's life and his own career...
Kampala, like Rome, is built on seven hills, and to Ugandans each has its special significance. But none is so important as Mengo Hill, where a rambling brick palace on the peak is an object of universal awe. Not even the British dared violate its sanctity, for beneath its silver dome lived the Kabaka (ruler) of Buganda, largest and richest of Uganda's five ancient kingdoms. Buganda's rulers were so powerful in colonial days that they were always granted considerable autonomy by the British. Cambridge-educated Sir Edward F. W. Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula ("Freddy") Mutesa...
...hopes and dreams of 100 million Americans who directly or indirectly have a stake in the stock market. Vexed by the vagaries of Viet Nam, jittery about symptoms of inflation and talk of higher taxes to come, the stock market has dropped 119 points since it scaled an alltime peak of 995.15 on Feb. 9.* Two weeks ago, the slide gained speed with a surprise announcement from Detroit that General Motors was cutting back production. The market lost 26 points just after the news came...