Word: peaks
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...case, Erburu could have predicted the demise of the News American, which was owned by the New York-based Hearst Corp. Like many other afternoon dailies, the News American had suffered declining circulation for decades, from a peak of more than 200,000 in 1959 to some 100,000 this year. Many of its blue-collar readers were leaving Baltimore for the suburbs, while others were skipping the afternoon paper in favor of the evening television newscasts. Unprofitable for several years, the paper was losing an estimated $800,000 to $1 million a month at the end. When Hearst tried...
...trade deficit grew to an all-time high of $148.5 billion in 1985, up more than 20% from the 1984 peak. In Washington, this may sound like just another economic indicator, but back home where Congressmen campaign, the figure means unemployment, and trade has become a hot regional issue. Textile workers in North Carolina, shoe manufacturers in New England and Missouri, steelworkers in the Midwest and lumberjacks in the Northwest have been the most vocal in their complaints. "The perception is out there," said one Republican Congressman, that the "Administration isn't doing enough...
Until last week, many Wall Street investors thought the fun was over. The extraordinary bull-market surge that began last September seemed to have sputtered as of April 21, when the Dow Jones industrial average hit a peak at 1855.90. Between then and May 19, the Dow plunged 97.72 points, to 1758.18, losing more than 5% of its value. But when Wall Streeters returned to their command posts, computer terminals and telephone consoles after the Memorial Day hiatus, they happily resumed some unfinished business: a dizzying bull- market comeback...
...prevailing interpretation of Carrington's peak years of power, when he was Foreign Secretary, has it that he had nearly full control of Britain's foriegn policy while avoiding confrontation with the Prime Minister on domestic issues. Some take issue with that analysis, however. "The simplistic image that he ran foreign policy for three years is not as true as it sounds," asserts Sullivan, a new-school Conservative who was president of the Oxford Union as an undergraduate...
...sure, the surge in trendy children's goods is part of a broader prosperity in the baby business. The post-World War II baby-boom generation is now passing through its peak childbearing years; between 1980 and 1984, the number of American children under age five grew from 16.3 million to 17.8 million. The increase has brought good times for most children's clothing manufacturers, including traditional leaders like Wisconsin-based Oshkosh B'Gosh (1985 sales: $162 million). Demand for products like its sturdy overalls has almost doubled in the past two years...