Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Both squads figure to be in peak physical condition. Last week a report out of Potsdam had it that captain Roger Purdy was in the infirmary recuperating from pneumonia, but the latest news has him taking part in the last few practices. They recover fast in Northland...
Mammals are much the same. The population cycles of jack rabbits in Minnesota seem to have little to do with the food supply. When the cycle approaches its peak, rabbits begin to die in horrible convulsions, with wild leaps and running movements. Their corpses are well nourished and show no signs of epidemic disease. But their internal organs are fat-clogged, degenerated and damaged by hemorrhages. Overcrowding seems somehow to upset the rabbits' pituitary and adrenal glands, causing their abnormal secretions to trigger a long chain of fatal troubles...
...with a seasoned chess player's ability to plot moves and perceive alternatives, has brought Ling in 17 years from a young master electrician running a small contracting company to chief executive of an electronic and aerospace giant that has $325 million annual sales. Ling, 41, reached this peak not only by working out a series of mergers but by personally selling stock in his company and traveling 120,000 miles annually in search of contracts. He is still growth-conscious; already, with an eye to his three sons, Texans joke about the Ling dynasty...
...Lamarche, who reinjured his fragile knee during last Saturday's 6-2 win at Princeton, skated in yesterday's practice, and should see at least limited action tonight. The Gene Kinasewich-Ike Ikaunike-Bill Fryer line, which has scored nine times in the last two games, will be in peak condition...
...Premarital sexual relations are al lowed in a clear majority of societies, but extramarital relations are almost universally condemned. Every known human society forbids incest, but nearly all have a recognized procedure for divorce, which in the U.S. reaches a peak around the third year of marriage. A curious cementing factor in societies allowing free mate selection is that partners tend to complement each other's psychological needs-for example, "a highly hostile individual would seek to mate with a highly abasing person...