• At their height, these firms and their founders were as likely to be covered in the fashion and lifestyle sections as on the business pages.

    FORBES: The New Places Where America's Tech Future Is Taking Shape

  • As Caritas noted this week, even in 2008, when Mediterranean crossings were at their height, entries by sea into Italy anyway made up only a fifth of the estimated total.

    ECONOMIST: Sometimes what does not happen is the real news

  • Of course, there are good reasons why the markets' fears of price swings in general might be smaller now than in late 2002, when, among other things, fears about the fragility of corporate America were at their height.

    ECONOMIST: Why is volatility so low in financial markets?

  • The people we studied were in their fifties, professionals at the height of their careers and earning potential.

    FORBES: What Makes Some MBAs Wildly Successful?

  • Andrew Strauss's team are a fantastically drilled, very fit outfit playing at the height of their abilities.

    BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

  • Far too many people fail to save and then find themselves downsized at the height of their earning capacity, never to recover.

    FORBES: Are You a 'Yo-Yo Diet' Investor? Time to Face It

  • Rogue waves can suddenly top out at five times their average height.

    WSJ: An Arctic Row Against the Tides of Narcissism | Marvels

  • In middle school, when his tics were at the height of their intensity, the principal approached him and asked if he'd like to educate the student body about his condition.

    CNN: At Camp Twitch and Shout, Tourette kids can be themselves

  • North Wales was hit by very heavy snow for several days from 21 March with large drifts that prevented farmers in many areas reaching their sheep at the height of the lambing season.

    BBC: Lambs in snow

  • In 2008, Camp Rock was written as a vehicle for the Jonas Brothers: Nick, Joe and Kevin, who were at the height of their musical careers (think Justin Bieber craziness), but it was Lovato, then 16 and a newcomer to the Disney talent stable, who was the breakout star.

    FORBES: The Disney Star Machine

  • Many are the victims of poor timing, having purchased their first home at the height of the housing bubble.

    FORBES: Wealth Inequality Between Young and Old Generations Reaches Record High

  • On Friday, its shares ended the day in Tokyo at 1, 149 yen - a fraction of their peak of 16, 950 yen at the height of the Japanese stock market bubble in 2000.

    BBC: Sony sells Manhattan headquarters skyscraper for $1.1bn

  • The SEC added fuel by allowing Wall Street firms to greatly increase their leverage in 2005 at the height of the boom.

    FORBES

  • Analysts reckon that at least 15 of the 119 construction firms listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange are bust in all but name, as the value of their land holdings bought at the height of the bubble has plummeted and loans guaranteed to subsidiaries and property developers have turned sour.

    ECONOMIST: Japanese property

  • Generalised subsidies are being replaced with carefully directed ones: for instance, some 1.5m of the poorest families can get a free tortilla ration by swiping cards through an electronic reader at their local tortilleria, where previously the height of technology was the gas-powered tortilla-squashing machine.

    ECONOMIST: Mexico

  • When he tapped his volunteers on their chests at the same time as he tapped the air at chest-height below the cameras, they reported feeling that the core of their identity inhabited the camera's position.

    ECONOMIST: Consciousness

  • Mr. JENNINGS: We just try to appeal to their common sense, remind them that at some point in time during the height of the storm, when they're huddled inside their house or they've gone to the attic, that any calls for help that might get through, as much as our police, fire and EMS would like to assist them, they simply won't be able to.

    NPR: Texas' Coastal Regions Brace for Hurricane Rita

  • Even the designers and owners of the Sears Tower did not include the antennae in its announced height (at least not until their 23-year-old record was challenged by the Malaysian structure).

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • At the height of the boom, people believed their homes generated cash by serving as a source of home equity credit, or by returning profits when they were sold.

    WSJ: Renting Prosperity

  • At the height of the holiday season, most are focused on their shopping lists, party favors, budgets and bargains.

    FORBES: What Your Holiday Gift Says About Your Relationship

  • "We have hung mirrors over the hatchery at a 45 degree angle so that everyone, no matter what their height, can see into the hatchery, " she said.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | North West Wales | Mirror view for lobster babies

  • On September 17th, when the squabble was at its height, a defiant Mr Erdogan told the Europeans to mind their own business.

    ECONOMIST: Will Turkey accept Europe? | The

  • More than 40 firefighters were tackling the flames at the height of the fire and people nearby were warned to keep their doors and windows closed.

    BBC: Catherine Junior School in Leicester closed after fire

  • Suddenly, it will be possible to not only track every customer, their height, weight and age, how long they looked at each item, what they started to buy but changed their mind, how long they stood in line, and a dizzying array of other variables.

    FORBES: Welcome to the Real World

  • As recounted in the 2010 documentary "Fire in Babylon, " the incident fired up the West Indian players, who perceived it as a slight by their former colonial rulers, especially coming from a white South African at the height of apartheid.

    CNN: Cricket 'revolutionary' Greig passes away

  • Professor Salisbury clashed with Dr Wakefield at the height of the MMR controversy when he said parents who refused to give their children the jab were exposing them to unnecessary risk.

    BBC: NEWS | Health | Jab expert says MMR 'was working'

  • On Father Capodanno Boulevard in Staten Island's Midland Beach, frigid gusts blew in from the water, but those residents who have moved back in to their houses said the wind wasn't as bad as feared even at the height of the storm.

    WSJ: Motorists stranded as Long Island pelted with snow

  • This 2009 report by the Public Review Board of Unite Here, formed under a previous consent agreement, says that at the height of the dispute UNITE leaders may have conspired to deprive HERE members of their right to elect their own representatives.

    FORBES: Union Suit Against Murdoch's News Corp Rich In Irony

  • But watching the Greek crisis grind toward its umpteenth "crunch point", you can't help wondering why we hear so much about the country that's been desperately trying to win the markets' confidence for nearly two years, but so little about the country that, at the height of the crisis, basically told international investors to shut up and wait their turn.

    BBC: Icelandic lessons for the eurozone

  • During the height of their civilization in the 8th century, the Maya recorded dates and deeds at dozens of city-states, from births and battles to the triumphant wrenching of trophies from enemies.

    CNN: The Maya collapsed - could we?

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