Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...important those words may prove, no man last week could say but they raised hopes in all those who want to revive NRA. For the Court had apparently given Congress carte blanche to forbid traffic in interstate commerce in any goods not produced under standards of minimum wages, maximum hours of labor, etc. etc., provided states can be induced to forbid the sale of such goods within their own borders...
...last bicameral Legislature was imposed the duty of redistricting the State and deciding exactly how many members the new chamber should have. The 100 members of the old House wanted the maximum of 50 members so that as few of themselves as possible would be left in the cold. The 33 members of the old Senate decided on 48 members. In one of the iniquitous conference committees to which Senator Norris so much objects the matter was thrashed out for days. Finally, with the aid of John P. Senning, professor of political science at the University of Nebraska...
...Washington it was made known that the Social Security Board was preparing to propose to Congress the creation of a voluntary Government insurance system for these 16,000,000 pensionless citizens. To be administered by the Board, it would accept premiums of as little as $1 per month, pay maximum annuities of $50 per month...
...adjoining room, but between speaker and hearer the message made 40 trips between Manhattan and Philadelphia (3,800 miles), the frequency being shifted to a different wave length after every round trip. Then 20 frequencies were poured on the cable at once- which taxed only one-twelfth of its maximum capacity. Even when voices were lowered almost to a whisper, practically no distortion was noticed...
...last loophole, he would be one "having a taxable net estate of $1,000,000 and a taxable net income of $100,000." To just such a man, however, the Cornellian Council Bulletin last week pointed out how much he could "save" by giving Cornell $15,000, the maximum percentage of his income on which Federal law allows gift exemptions. He would, the Bulletin reminded him, save $8,650 in Federal income tax, an average state income tax of $1,000. Deducting $15,000 from his estate, moreover, would save his heirs $4,350 in estate taxes, approximately...