21.   Increase the mixer speed to high and beat until the whites hold firm peaks.

22.   Properly mixed grout should be firm enough to hold peaks, yet plastic enough to be spreadable without running.

23.   Stop beating as soon as the cream holds peaks that do not droop.

24.   When all sugar has been added, continue beating at high speed until whites hold peaks but are still creamy.

25.   When whipped until it holds peaks, it makes a lush topping for desserts, fruit or blini.

26.   Whisk until mixture holds peaks, add egg yolks and mix to blend.

27.   Whisk until the cream holds firm peaks.

28.   After the latest round of fighting, both sides are trying to establish their claims by physically holding the peaks.

29.   Each side is trying to establish its claim to the remote Himalayan mountaintops by physically holding the peaks.