Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that these changes are in the nature of an experiment. The first boat is at present a well-balanced and powerful combination, but the coaches are attempting to reach a point in the distribution of the poundage of the crew where a perfect balance will be combined with the maximum of power; Olmsted is much heavier than La Farge, but the balance is not materially altered because of the fact that Terry, now at 7, a long, rangy man, is lighter than Pond. The shift yesterday and the one earlier in the week, by which A. H. Ladd...
...happy solution of the labor problem depends upon the free play of the law of supply and demand. Manufacturers will always charge for their product as much as the public need will stand; laborers will likewise strive to exact from their employers the maximum compensation for their services. Ultimately it is the consumer who pays. If we would preserve American prosperity, we must maintain the only satisfactory compromise between wage slavery and the autocracy of labor,--the open shop. The suppression of individual bargaining would be of inestimable value to the unions; armed with a monopoly of production they would...
...humble opinion, football stands at the very top, as an essential preparation for life, because it combines maximum physical development and unusual mental development during the brief time that it may be played...
...continues: "Whatever be decided as to constitutionality, the Espionage Act prosecutions break with a great tradition in English and American law. Only once before has the United States tried to punish political crimes, and the Sedition Act of 1789"--there was a national emergency then, you remember--"with its maximum of two years' imprisonment wrecked the Federalist Party...
Recent events show that the battleship's usefulness has passed its maximum point. A serious inquiry on the advisability of continuing the construction of mammoth cruisers has been made by the British Council of imperial Defense. Admiral von Scheer, who commanded the German fleet at Jutland, has expressed the view of the Fatherland that the surrender of its surface vessels contains little excuse for regret. Secretary Daniels has ordered for the near future a definite test of the battleship's vulnerability which may have an important effect in determining our naval policy. Public opinion everywhere seems adverse to pursuing...