Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hear ye, hear ye, ye men of fat legs and thin legs, of long legs and short legs; harken, ye seekers after maximum comfort and the minimum of swaddling clothes. Give ear, ye who would be dictators of a fashion and dressed in the style of the hour. We announce the "short," as suitable for all Hanover occasions--full dress, informal afternoon wear, morning lounging apparel. Tomorrow...
...their "radio roof" theory: that Earth is surrounded by a sac of ionized ether which acts as a reflector (or conductor) of radio signals. During daytime the sun's light pushes this layer closer to Earth, lessens efficiency of reception. At night the layer rises, reception reaches maximum efficiency...
Unique in its tone, The Sportsman is not for the ringside habitué, not for the occasional "hunter" who combs the hills once each year for a legal maximum bag of game, not for the bleacher authority on batting averages. Its rich illustrations depict gentlemen riders taking jumps handsomely: "Mr. Lewis Lacey . . . leads Mr. Hopping over the boards in the third match at Meadow Brook"; a priest blessing the hounds of Chagrin Valley Hunt Club before the chase...
...best the academic profession, in proportion to the study and preparation necessary for the attainment of success in it, is the most grossly underpaid in the world. At its worst it offers only inevitable starvation; at the top of the ladder there is only a quickly reached maximum salary that would seem like a miserable pitance to a second rate lawyer. So when the chance for self betterment comes in the field the man is a fool who does not take advantage of the opportunity to remove the threat of hunger...
...Chicago, Ralph Capone, brother of Alphonse, was convicted of defrauding the U. S. out of $300,000 income tax, faced a maximum sentence of 22 years in the penitentiary, a $40,000 fine...