Word: peaks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rest of the world, our price complaint must look a little silly. Even at an average $1.30 per gal., gas prices are as low today in real terms as they were in 1950--and nearly 40% lower than after the last embargo's price peak in 1981. Thanks to these bargains, Americans slurp as much oil as ever. In France, Germany and Japan, meanwhile, a gallon of gas costs more than $4. Taxes there account for 50% to 80% of the pump price. Here, by contrast, federal and state taxes together average 38 cents per gal., less than...
Although Cambridge has seen a decline in handgun since its peak in the mid eighties, Doyle maintains that it is still worrisome...
...opposed to competition. I am perfectly aware that, compared with the days when I thought of my telephone as being operated by a single entity known as "the phone company," a three-minute call to my cranky and overbearing Aunt Rosie in Kansas City costs 73' less, even at peak hours. I appreciate that, even though I sometimes think I would appreciate it even more if I were talking to someone other than Aunt Rosie...
...peak of the Rwandan refugee crisis nearly two years ago, the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, proudly announced "the largest product donation in Lilly's history and...the largest one-time pharmaceutical donation ever." The press release went on to say, "This is yet another example of Lilly's commitment to giving, especially in times of human tragedy. We are responding to the dire needs of the Rwandan refugees...
...pratfall a plie. He also elevates some of his more plebeian colleagues. Mark Linn-Baker, no natural farceur, is at first uneasy as the fluttery Hysterium. But when he gets into dead-virgin drag and Lane sings a mock-passionate "You're lovely," Forum reaches its Seven Hills peak...