Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...report on the contents of Bonomo's candy: "rodents' hairs, rodent excreta, larvae, fragments of human hair, bits of paper, bits of mouse pelts and fragments of glass." Sample pieces contained as high as 205 insect fragments, 204 mouse hairs. The Moscowitz sentence: $600 fine (legal maximum) and three years on probation for the filth purveyor...
...amused. He was twice more indicted along with Comedian George Burns (sidekick of Gracie Allen) for smuggling $4,885 worth of diamond bracelets and a ring. To make matters worse, jolly George Burns admitted making payments to Chaperau, pleaded guilty to nine counts, laid himself open to a maximum sentence of 18 years in prison and a $45,000 fine...
Last week the Senate committee heard Mr. Hazelett's views, which are extremely simple: "Only way to prevent depressions, balance the budget, insure maximum employment and raise the standard of living is to increase the nation's production of wealth; therefore, taxes should be graduated to penalize companies which do not operate at full capacity, banks which do not employ their funds, landowners who do not use their land...
Such a program, according to Mr. Hazelett, would not result in overproduction, provided prices and wages were not fixed but were allowed to reach the highest possible levels "consistent with maximum production." He believes that putting all the nation's productive facilities to work would automatically create enough demand to consume the increased output. In short, he agrees with the famed Brookings Institution concept that real prosperity is a result of increasing production and lowering prices, and he suggests taxation as a method of putting the theory into effect...
Other information called for includes class, school, House applied for, rank list at time of application, and maximum price offered for room. This material will be used in a study of the present admissions system...