Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this book, written in the form of a novel, Commandant de St. Quen- tin predicts a proclamation of war by Germany on France and Belgium. Two thousand aeroplanes, each carrying two tons of bombs, a crew of four men and having a maximum cruising range of eight hours, will make the first attack. The aeroplanes, he says, are in Russia. He also predicts that the civil population will suffer more than the soldiers...
Chancellor Stresemann, interviewed by loyal Rhinelanders, promised that he would never sign away their inheritance or sell them to the enemy. He also promised them financial assistance to the maximum capacity of the Reich Government. It was also reported, with fairly good foundation, that Herr Stresemann was trying to arrange a plebiscite with a view to creating an autonomous Rhineland State within the Reich...
...smoked incessantly specially made cigars, which produced a maximum of smoke and a minimum of nicotine. He was the only person allowed to smoke in the plant, and refused to work there unless he were permitted...
This year, the conference will be held at the Cadle Tabernacle in Indianapolis, Indiana. Harvard will be represented by 25 delegates,--the maximum number of delegates allowed to any one institution...
...cost of living is increasing in Paris. For the third quarter of last year the index figure stood at 289% over the pre-War cost of living; for the same quarter of this year the index figure was 331. The figure is expected to reach the 1920 maximum of 370 before...