Word: peakes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Dartmouth might come close in a high-scoring battle. But the Beanpot magic entered Fitzsimmon's wand against Northeastern and he has another mission two days from now against B.U. The Dartmouth revellers will have the misfortune today of watching a Crimson team that should be just reaching its peak and is not about ready to be waylaid in the provinces...
Naked Siege. The violence reached a peak in 1961, when Freedomite leaders raised community tempers to boiling point by blaming the Canadian government for the murder of Peter Lordly-an event that took place back in 1924. Bombs rocked every lonely mountain town from Nelson (pop. 35,000) to New Denver (pop. 564), and finally the Royal Canadian Mounted Police cracked down. A special Mountie D-squad (for Doukhobor) swarmed through the Kootenays, setting up roadblocks, searching Freedomite homes and cars for bomb components, finally arresting some 120 hard-core Freedomite terrorists. The prisoners were given terms...
...aerospace industry as a whole last year saw sales jump to a record $20.9 billion, with its backlog of orders hitting an $18.6 billion peak. This was the same industry that, after its post-Sputnik missile and satellite surge, felt its fortunes sag. As recently as 1964, the management consultant firm of Arthur D. Little, Inc., declared flatly: "Aerospace is no longer a growing market." Today the Little expert who presided over that report readily admits: "The Viet Cong made a liar out of me." This is true-for the moment. Without question, the U.S. military buildup in Viet...
Brooks feels that his swimmers haven't yet recovered from the exam break, but hopes that "they'll be in peak condition by Saturday." Accordingly, the entire team participated in a stringent workout just after the end of last Saturday's 71-23 trouncing of Penn's hapless Quakers...
Carr's dramatic solo rejuvenated his teammates and it was only in the closing minutes that Harvard approached its January peak of play...