Word: peaks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Paul speech was the peak of a gratifying week. At every village, town and city, the crowds waited in startling numbers. Dayton turned out more than 50,000 strong. Akron's rubber workers and the Democratic machine put on the biggest political show in the city's history; more than 60,000 stood for two hours along the main streets, cheering wildly as Truman passed. In Springfield, Ill., the oldtime campaign flares were burning and streets were packed twelve deep. In Duluth, half the city (pop. 110,000) lined Superior Street for more than two miles, clambered...
...relieve the boredom, reporters turned to inventing cynical little ditties. The best the Dewey press corps could work up was a feeble jingle about "Unity plus Dewnity." The boys with Truman were more inspired; they hit their peak with a parody of I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover...
...number of our own men couldn't find seats at times," Little explained. "It's a tough break, but as soon as we get over the peak lead, we'll gladly go back to unlimited inter-House...
Death of a Hero. The president's collar was quite a thing to wear. When Palmer took charge of the company in 1929, it was wilting badly. Cluett, Peabody sales, which reached a peak of $32 million in 1919, had been based on the Arrow Collar, as worn by women, and the clean-shaven, cleft-chinned Arrow Collar Man, a creation of Artist Joseph Leyendecker. From a million billboards and car cards, his coldly correct profile mounted on an Arrow choker gave feminine hearts a guide to male perfection. Like his culture mate, the tightly corseted Gibson Girl...
...question in both coaches' minds--morale. Valpey said last night that the Harvard squad is not at all overconfident, but this bureau doubts whether the boys can possibly reach their peak of last Saturday. In addition, Cornell will certainly be less cocky than Columbia was. Columbia had just beaten Rutgers, 27 to 6. The Big Red squeezed by Navy, 13 to 7 last week--a Navy team which has not won a game in over a year...