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Word: peakings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...constantly raises his eyebrows, squirms, pedantically refers to Nick as "the child" and misses the humor in every one of Murray's gibes. In one very funny scene, O'Brien feigns horror at Nick's doll whose well-endowed breasts light up, but with prurient delight, he sneaks a peak...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: All The World's ... | 12/8/1977 | See Source »

Free wine flowed at intermission, though, and a more relaxed cast returned with a very funny tongue-in-cheek parody, "Raining in My Heart," from Dames at Sea. The second half of the show is much looser and livelier and the peak of the evening is "Tap Your Troubles Away," which really might convince you to exuberantly thrash your woes with a pair of tap shoes...

Author: By Anthony Y. Strike, | Title: Anything Goes | 12/8/1977 | See Source »

...President McKinley never visited Mount McKinley. It would be interesting to see if other Alaskan landmarks-Mount Foraker, Jefferson Peak, Fillmore Peak, Mount Cleveland, Grant Peak, Lincoln Island, Wilson Creek or Point Hayes-were visited by people for whom they were named. All information I find indicates they were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 28, 1977 | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...From its peak in 1969, when sales totaled $28 million, the firm slid deeper into trouble until its creditors forced it into reorganization. Only last week did the big flagship Manhattan store attract the kind of crowds it had needed to survive. Thousands flocked to its doors, some to hunt bargains in the terminal close-out sale, others just to be there before lights in the paneled rooms went out for good. As the incongruously jaunty sales ads put it, "Well, Ezra, all good things must come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Abercrombie's Shuts Its Doors | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...team will need a determined effort to achieve national caliber next year, Seidler said yesterday. "But that's not out of reach," she added. Howard said the team is "ready to peak, and to be a lot more disciplined...

Author: By Susan H. Goldstein, | Title: Stickwomen Pick Howard And Seidler | 11/22/1977 | See Source »

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