Word: plateauing
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...noticed, they didn't believe. Though stocks zigzagged but generally declined through September, Banker Mitchell announced on Oct. 15 that the "markets generally are now in a healthy condition." Irving Fisher, a Yale professor of political economy, declared that stock prices had reached "what looks like a permanently high plateau...
...lawyer's downtown Washington offices, with perfunctory appearances at Marine headquarters at the Pentagon, where he has a desk in the Office of Manpower and Policy Planning. For once, North is not working overtime. He has ten months to go before reaching the 20- year Marine retirement plateau...
...Israel's population centers were within rifle range of Jordanian troops; today 40 miles of desert and a river separate Jordan from most Israelis. Before 1967, much of northern Israel was vulnerable to Syrian fire from the Golan Heights; today Israel controls, and indeed has formally annexed, that strategic plateau...
...standard for quality in artistic achievement and defy the aspiring artist in the audience to come up with something better. Awards should be a self-effacing event, a reward of past achievement and, more importantly, a challenge to those who have failed to reach the same high plateau...
Duncan, a 6-ft., 5-in. senior, has now scored in double figures in 18 consecutive games and needs just 42 points to reach the 1000-point plateau for his career...