Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cornell Navy's new launch, which it is expected will be finished by May 1, is to be one of the best of its kind in the country. The launch is 60 feet long, 9 feet beam and is to be fitted with compound engines which will attain a maximum speed of 16 miles an hour. The total cost of the launch will be about...
...possible that the number of tickets for which application is made may be larger than the whole number of tickets, and in that case the maximum number of tickets given on any one application will be reduced so that all applications may be at least partially filled. It is possible that tickets of one price may be exhausted while those of other prices are still left. To make provision for both of these possibilities and, at the same time, to consult the wishes of applicants as far as possible, the committee direct that the applicant shall select...
...canvas of Wesleyan University has shown that the maximum expenditure during a college year is $1000; the minimum, $175; the average less than $375. The supplement to the Alumni Record, recently published, shows that the total number of graduates is 1772, seventy-five per cent of whom are still living. 659 graduates have been in the ministry, 254 have been principals of schools 113 professors in colleges or professional schools, 48 college presidents, and 301 have practiced...
...bank notes is desirable. (a) Before the war many state banks issued sound notes. (b) State bank-notes could be made safe. (1) The government would accept for taxes only notes sufficiently secured. Harter, Forum, vol. XII. (2) Inflation is preventable by a tax on circulation above a fixed maximum...
...first place the difference between $3.50, the maximum price for regular board at the new hall, and $3.95, which I believe is the year's average for Memorial, amounts to $16 a year, which is an important saving for some men. But this is not the point at all. Opportunity for economical living comes, not from regular board, but from the a la carte system. The average of 100 men for six weeks to the Foxcroft Club as compiled by the Auditor, was $2.72 a week. This means an average saving of $45 a year from Memorial prices, with opportunity...