Word: maximal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...woman," says an old Hindu maxim, "there is no god on earth other than her man." The most extreme form of this belief was the custom dictating that the widow fling herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Enlightened British rule put a legal end to the practice of suttee (widow suicide), but the widow's lot has remained a poor one. Under Hindu laws, widows are not permitted to wear jewelry, bright clothing, makeup. They cannot attend wedding or birthday celebrations. Under strict laws of inheritance dating back 3,000 years, a Hindu's property...
...peak $220. They dropped to $20 in the 1950 cold war, rose to $125 on the strength of last summer's Geneva spirit, are currently quoted at $53-75-Periodically, the Soviets talk about honoring the obligation. In 1933, to gain U.S. recognition, Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinoff even promised, among other things, to negotiate repayment. For good will Litvinoff assigned the U.S. Government the right to take over some Russian funds in the U.S., prorate the proceeds among bondholders and other creditors...
...Moscow embassy party last week, First Deputy Premier Maxim Saburov boasted, "The Soviet Union will draw even with the U.S. in the foreseeable future...
...doctors' orchestra was organized in 1938, now numbers some 50 medical men, their relatives and a handful of professional musicians, including Conductor Maxim Waldo. There are no standard medical-musical tie-ups. Dentists play violins, cello, horn, bass. General practitioners play flutes and timpani, a dermatologist plays viola. The doctors prefer to remain anonymous to avoid publicity that might be contrary to medical ethics...
...mother's consent before every fight. Last week, before he was permitted to tangle with Philadel phia Toughie Joe Rowan in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, New York boxing commissioners studied his record care fully, reminded themselves that he had beaten such rough customers as Joey Maxim, Paddy Young and Chuck Spieser, and decided to overlook their rule against boys under 20 going ten rounds...