Word: peakings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recovering economy, a rebounding stock market and soaring corporate profits (see following story) are reviving the urge to merge. So far this year, corporate marriages have been running more than 30% ahead of the 1975 pace. In April alone, there were 123 corporate acquisitions; that was far below the peak of 430 in July 1969 but 32% ahead of the 1975 month and the highest number since January 1974. Acquisitions by well-known companies in recent months include Pillsbury Co.'s purchase of the 113 Steak & Ale restaurants; W.R. Grace's acquisition of Sheplers Inc., a clothing store...
...brightly. Three scientists from the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy have now come up with an answer. Theorizing that Pluto is far enough from the sun to escape its heat and thus likely to be covered by ice, the trio used the telescope at Kitt Peak, Ariz., to study the planet through different filters. One filter passed light waves characteristic of those reflected by water ice; the other, the wave lengths intensely reflected by methane ice. The tests showed that Pluto is largely covered by frozen methane. They also give an idea of how cold...
...choice. President Toni Schmücker has often said that "we cannot do without the U.S. market," explaining that VW counts on selling one-third of its output there. But the automaker has not met that target recently: U.S. sales have plummeted from a peak of 571,441 cars in 1970 to 267,727 last year, helping to send VW skidding into the red. The company lost $313 million worldwide in 1974 and $100 million last year...
...some kids in the audience begin to chant "Fall! Fall! Fall!"-comes when Bale climbs outside the cage and does the whole heart-stopping routine standing on top, with nothing between him and a nasty tumble but an exquisite sense of balance. As the cage dives earthward from the peak of its arc some 45 ft. in the air, he is in danger of being tossed by centrifugal force into the cheap seats. Bale often loses balance on the downswing and has to hang on for dear life...
Married. Wayne L. Hays, 64, terrible-tempered 14-term Congressman from Ohio and chairman of the House Administration Committee; and Patricia Peak, thirtyish, Hays' longtime personal secretary; he for the second time, she for the first; in Arlington...