Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Said Mr. Houston after the meeting : " American opinion generally is agreed that France is entitled to demand the maximum figure that Germany can pay ; but the total must conform to Germany's ability to meet...
Previously, the distillation of coal has been undertaken mainly to produce illuminating gas and the residue of coke, and has been conducted at high temperatures. The new process, by conducting the distillation of the coal at low temperature, sacrifices about half of the maximum obtainable illuminating gas, as well as ammonium sulphate. On the other hand, the illuminating gas resulting from the new process is of a better quality, and five times the amount of motor fuel oil is obtained, in addition to benzine, pitch, creosote and innumerable coal tar products...
...first day of the conference was largely taken up with the presentation of the miners' eleven demands. The chief demands were 1) a 20% increase of wages, 2) maximum eight-hour day (only 3,000 or 4,000 of the 150,000 men represented have not an eight-hour day, yet this is one of the major demands), 3) complete recognition of the United Mine Workers (which means virtually a closed shop...
...zone of maximum intensity was not reached until the next morning. There was found nothing standing for a distance of about 100 li (40 miles). Well built Tibetan houses were leveled to the ground and their timbers reduced to gigantic heaps of matchwood. Great rents extended along the plain for miles. Mounds and hill tops were smashed and powdered and sections of hills thrown...
...There is no doubt that we were face to face with the results of an earthquake of maximum intensity which demolished every building and killed perhaps 50% of the people...