Word: exceed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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These are not very dangerous amounts; the maximum permissible concentration of cobalt 60 in the human body is listed by the Bureau of Standards as three microcuries. A man would have to eat at least ten of the hot clams (20 Ibs. of flesh) to exceed this limit. But Weiss and Shipman cannot be sure that cobalt 60 was not heavily concentrated in some special part of the clam's tissue, increasing the danger proportionately...
...period in 1956. The Department of Agriculture gaye solid support to this optimism: it estimated that Americans are smoking 9% more than a year ago, and predicted that 1957 cigarette sales will top last year's 392 billion (171 packs for every American aged 15 or over), probably exceed the record 394 billion sold...
...Wolfe's reach ultimately did exceed his grasp, he had the courage to dare the universe, to seek for the meaning of human life in human terms, and not be misled by the economic explanations or shallow cynicism of so many of his contemporaries. These letters make a fascinating Journey through the byways of a complex and at times over-whelming personality, "all the strangeness and the glory and the power of life...
...much, then, should the U.S. spend for foreign aid? Answers the committee: collective-security expenditures "need not exceed" the fiscal 1956 level. (Cost of military and economic aid that year: $5.6 billion. Estimate in the much-disputed 1958 budget: $4.7 billion...
Lanphier prefers prevention to cure: by Navy standards, skindivers should not spend more than two hours under water at 40 ft., not more than 30 min. at 90 ft., and not more than 15 min. at 130 ft. The rate of ascent should not exceed 60 ft. a minute...