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Word: peaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last year campus hostility at Dartmouth reached a peak when a band of students, mainly members of the conservative magazine "The Dartmouth Review," destroyed a shantytown built by pro-divestment students. Critics on both sides of the issue charged McLaughlin with failing to take definitive action and not meting out fair punishments...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: University of Iowa President Chosen To Take Helm of Dartmouth College | 4/18/1987 | See Source »

...team lacks depth in running events, and the women's team is probably too young to peak this season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Running on Empty | 4/14/1987 | See Source »

...tour and the difficult schedule, Harvard Coach Martyn Kingston said, is an effort to peak for the Ivy League tournament, which is next weekend. Since winning the Ivy title in 1984, the Crimson has finished runner-up to rival Brown the past two seasons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Pack Attack | 4/14/1987 | See Source »

...prime. After plunging early in the week because of the decline in the dollar and concern about a possible U.S.-Japan trade war, stocks rallied strongly. On Friday the Dow Jones industrial average skyrocketed 69.89 points, a new one-day record. The Dow closed at an all-time peak of 2390.34, up 54.54 points for the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case of Bottom-Line Blues | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

...there are some hitches. For instance, students who are athletes, such as Joslin who plays lacrosse as well as ice and field hockey, had had to worry about letting her skills atrophy. Blodgett agrees, saying that her year without rigid training made it more difficult to be in "peak form" for the track team at Harvard...

Author: By Brandon Bradkin, | Title: Going For The Gap | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

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