Word: peakings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Laker expects to do much better than competing lines during the peak season...
...climbed the staircase, an inexplicable feeling of paranoia gripped me. With this nervousness reaching a peak, I walked through a large door at the end of the stairs and found myself face-to-face with a grandmotherly woman. Her gray hair carefully set, she had a kind, unwrinkled face. A badge on her chest proclaimed, "Sister Wood." Warmly grasping my hand, she told me how glad...
...long section on the use of automobiles states that cars are "the property of the organization" and should be treated "with discretion." They should be maintained in peak condition and kept clean, since dirty cars tend to attract attention. "An automatic car wash takes five minutes," notes the handbook. At night, it cautions, drivers should remove old newspapers and debris as well as radios, tape decks or anything else that could tempt car thieves. In the event of an accident, if minor, the handbook advises Brigades members to "assume responsibility and even pay the costs." If the accident is serious...
...brain hemorrhage as a result of a fall; in Wimbledon, England. As lead vocalist for the folk-rock group Fairport Convention, Denny became Britain's top female vocalist at the end of the 1960s, respected for her quiet professionalism and musical inventiveness, then left at the peak of her popularity to form another group, Fotheringay, which floundered. After a brief reunion with Fairport, she went on to solo in England...
That sardonic explanation is as sound as any for the explosion of optimism that sent the long depressed stock market kiting more than 55 points in six trading days through last Thursday. The wild rally that started April 13 hit a peak of frenzy at the start of last week: on Monday, April 17, as whoops and cries echoed through the New York Stock Exchange and floor traders tossed torn-up paper in the air to celebrate, an unbelievable 63.5 million shares changed hands, and the Dow Jones industrial average spurted almost 15 points. Prices stumbled a bit the next...