Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...resolution condemning the A. F. of L.'s treatment of Miner Lewis, endorsing the principle of industrial unionism. At that point the delegates abruptly reefed their sails, declined to head into C. I. 0. Likeliest explanation was that A. F. of T., whose members pay a maximum 40? a month dues, cannot afford lobbyists in every State capital, must depend on the A. F. of L.'s regular lobby for legislative representation, must stay in the A. F. of L.'s good graces. Purred Secretary David Pierce: "By staying...
...year-old cinema Morocco. Miss Dietrich, whose voice is not her most celebrated asset, fascinated listeners with a mysterious whispered drawl. The Gable personality, currently one of the most popular at U. S. cinema boxoffices, registered more favorably n the air. Since then, on a talent budget whose maximum is said to be $15,000 a week, Lux has favored the listeners of the country with an hour of high-priced acting each week from a cross-section of the cinema's most glittering stars. Since radio advertisers are quick to drop a flop, the Lux show clearly demonstrates...
...upper arm a hollow rubber cuff to which is connected a graduated column of mercury. Applying a stethoscope over an artery in the forearm, the doctor pumps air into the hollow cuff until it stops circulation. At this instant the air pressure in the cuff equals the maximum (systolic) blood pressure in the arteries of the arm, and the doctor hears a sharp blowing sound in his stethoscope. Whatever figure the sphygmomanometer gauge shows at that instant is the patient's systolic pressure...
That NYA had made any appreciable dent on the problems besetting the nation's 2,500,000 young unemployed did not appear from its first year's record. Resorting to meagre handouts, Director Williams had used most of his appropriation to pay a maximum $8 monthly to 166,000 high-school students, a maximum $15 monthly to 119,000 college students, which they earned by working under the direction of their school authorities, spent largely on lunches, carfare, cigarets, clothing. Less than a fourth of the applications could be filled. For youth not in school...
...Government has given many a lift to students and teachers through relief projects, it has so far refused direct subsidies to schools. Last week NEA voted to ask for an immediate $100,000,000 Federal annuity to U. S. schools with no strings attached, to be upped to a maximum of $300,000,000. Delegates were enthusiastic, if mystified, when Secretary Willie A. Lawson of the Arkansas Education Association declared: "We think that a government which . . . refused to consider permanent Federal aid is using us as a cat's-paw to scorch our fingers with the burning chestnuts...