Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the report of his trial stated that the prosecuting attorney demanded the maximum penalty. Maître Hesse, defending Parker, described the American Express Co. as " an enormously rich concern which has made much money exploiting people on French soil?a concern which has made millions in exchange speculation at the expense of the franc, and does not sufficiently watch its employes." He ended by saying that the concern " has too much money anyhow...
...after Judge Gary, Chairman of U. S. Steel. Hence the name: Gary Schools. In these days of overcrowded schools and underseated pupils the Gary system is much discussed in educational circles. It is based on a definite theory of education, but with this is combined a plan for the maximum, in fact, the double use of school equipment. This is most appealing to school boards who have more pupils than seats to set them on. The cry goes up: " Show us a way to educate children without letting them sit down! " The Gary system does not exactly perform this miracle...
...Cyril Burt president of the psychology section, advanced the thesis that just as there is a certain minimum intelligence required for the successful performance of any occupation, so there may also be a maximum intelligence, beyond which waste arises in forcing too large a peg into too small a hole...
...reports from points in the interior of Mexico along the path of the eclipse will show that some valuable data were obtained. At Havana, a little to the north of the totality zone, a tropical storm broke just before the eclipse, ruining the prospect. In New York, where the maximum eclispe was 46%, weather conditions were excellent, and many photographs and observations were made by home-staying scientists, and laymen with the usual paraphernalia of smoked glass, dark spectacles and pin-prick holes...
...means of a hydraulic wagon, or dynamometer, recently invented, the "tractive pull" of horse teams was determined with scientific accuracy for the first time. This is the kind of energy required to pull a varying weight out of a hole in the ground. The winning pair exerted a maximum tractive pull of 2,300 pounds. Such a team would pull 10 loaded coal wagons on pavement. On different types of roads varying loads could be pulled, grading from concrete through brick and asphalt to dirt. The two horses weighed 1,725 and 1,905 pounds respectively. They could start heavier...