Word: maxed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question of priorities," Bradley argued. But Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., manager of the tax bill, said it makes no sense to "spend money on a bill that this body has not yet seen...
Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art Emeritus Max Loehr, 84, died September 16 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire. Loehr's emphasis on style revolutionized the interpretation of Chinese art through the course of a career that spanned a half-century, his colleagues said...
...Max Loehr not only substantially contributed to the substance of our knowledge, but he also methodologically revised the ways in which we do research," said Robert D. Mowry, who is associate curator of Oriental art at the Sackler Museum. "His contributions were not only to Harvard but to the entire field of Chinese art and archaeology...
...forefinger and thumb caressing the plane's stick as if it were a violin. The aircraft's needle nose pointed toward the runway below at the U.S. Navy's Fentress Air Field near Norfolk, Va. Engine open and screaming, gulping in the thick air, the Viper reached max speed of 264 ft. per sec. 20 ft. above the concrete and leveled out for its pass. A faint touch of aileron and the ship rolled on its back. The crowd gasped. Heads swung in unison as the jet knifed by, turned upright and spiraled vertically into the sun, which splintered...
...vehicles. In Virginia traffic supervisors use remote TV cameras installed along stretches of I-66 and I-395 to spot breakdowns, to which they immediately dispatch tow trucks that dispense free gasoline if a motorist needs it. Chicago's highway authority operates a huge mobile crane, dubbed Mad Max, that can lift up to 60 tons, and has moved obstacles ranging from semitrailers to a 500-lb. runaway...