20世纪五六十年代，美国艺术的创造力达到了顶峰。
American art reached a peak of creativity in the '50s and '60s.
喜欢妄下结论的旁观者对于这一案例也许简单地将其归咎于为缺乏意志力——当然，攀登通往“苗条”顶峰的斜坡需要惊人的意志力。
Judgmental observers of this pattern might simply blame lack of willpower—and it is certainly true that willpower in prodigious quantities is needed to climb back up the slope to svelteness.
尽管这很让人感到好奇，但金融危机确实使得一些公司相比于他们在自己顶峰时期有着更强的竞争力了。
Curiously, though, the financial crisis has made some firms more competitive than they were at the height of the boom.
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