• Fred Weir was still handsome then, his dark hair swept back from a sharp peak in a high-templed forehead, a tall, athletic fellow with a charming grin.

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  • The notion of a sharp global peak in production does not withstand scrutiny, either.

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  • The rover's primary target is Mount Sharp, a peak about 8 kilometers (5 miles) away.

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  • For one thing, the number of citizen-initiatives on the ballot, 61, represents a sharp decline from the peak of 102 in 1994.

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  • As you can see from the chart, the rather sharp correction from the September peak occurred during a seasonally strong period, but since the initial plunge, gold prices have again begun to edge higher.

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  • Often, epidemics begin with a low, steady rate of cases, followed by a sharp acceleration to a much higher peak.

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  • Some 57 years later he wistfully remembered the regret at leaving the eternal snows of the Jungfrau and the sharp outline of the pyramid-shaped Silberhorn peak against the dark blue of the sky.

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  • Its prime target is the 18, 000-foot (5, 500-meter) peak at the center of Gale Crater, Mount Sharp, where scientists hope to get a layer-by-layer look at the history of the planet.

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  • It was a time of sharp recession, with the Dow still under 1000, struggling to touch a peak first hit in ... gasp, 1966.

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  • The rover's mission is to determine whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting life, and its prime target is Mount Sharp, the 18, 000-foot (5, 500-meter) peak about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) to the south.

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  • Sharp a three-and-a-half-billion-year-old peak in the middle of the crater, with layered deposits like a textbook on Martian prehistory.

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  • Notwithstanding the sharp recovery of the past twelve months, this leaves large value stocks fully 21% below the peak they reached three years ago.

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