Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lord Darling, who, until he retired in 1923,† was the wittiest and the most sarcastic Judge of the King's Bench, introduced a bill to regulate press reports of law cases. The bill calls for a maximum fine of $2,500 or imprisonment for three months, or both, for the publication of any indecent matter which is revealed in court. The measure is aimed particularly at divorce cases and under the proposed laws-as in France-newspapers are to be limited to publishing the purely legal aspects of the proceedings, provided, of course, that it does not violate...
...Subtracting from the President's claimed reduction of $2,081,000,000 known items, all incident to the War, of $1,882,590,000, we have a maximum of $198,410,000 representing other War expense not readily identifiable, further decreases in these items during the current year and reductions in War items of old departments of government not disclosed by financial reports...
Oxford "bags" - trousers wide enough to hide effectively knocked knees, bowed legs and other nether malformations, and of colors gorgeous enough to shame a rainbow-were banned by the Provost of Eton, who stipulated that 20 inches round the ankle must be the maximum width...
...University) was to sail September, 1925, return June, 1926. Invitations were extended to the governments of Japan, Germany, England, France, Spain and Italy to appoint "educators of national standing" to accompany the trippers. Assurances were received that the students would enjoy "considerable official recognition" in many countries. To extract maximum benefits from the shore-stops, it was planned to divide the tourist-students into small squads, each accompanied by the guide-instructors of his choice. In the ship's hold were to be 70 automobiles. One excursion scheduled was a 600-mile run from Bagdad through the Arabian desert...
...actually trying out a new type of war machine which we must organize the personnel. No pains are being spared to enable troops to achieve maximum results with minimum loss. But we must not forget we are still in a period of adaptation. Reinforcements which are arriving fast are relieving the units hard-pressed since the beginning...