Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mechanical overhaul" are proceeded with, object being to reduce the sweep of smut from her funnels, which has been soiling the clothes of passengers on her afterdecks, and to try to get out of her the 34-knot speed officially claimed before she made her maiden voyage with a maximum speed of less than 31 knots...
...building the ship in a foreign yard. This figure is almost certain to be lower than the cost in the U. S. The difference constitutes the subsidy paid by the Government. In some cases this subsidy may be as high as 50% of the costs, the Government's maximum. On receiving the ship, the operator must pay the Authority 25% of the U. S. cost of building. The remainder of the bill may be paid in installments over 20 years at 3½% interest...
Texas Corp.'s Chairman Torkild Rieber likes to do things with a minimum of publicity, a maximum of purpose. Last spring the Norwegian-born onetime shipmaster bought from the Mellons' Gulf Oil the famed Barco concession in Colombia, promptly teamed up on a 50-50 basis with Socony-Vacuum for its development (TIME, May 4). Last week Captain Rieber struck another foreign deal with another Standard company, Standard Oil of California. In a terse joint statement from Captain Rieber and Standard's Kenneth Kingsbury it was revealed that Texaco will market all oil produced and refined...
...Anti-Chain Store, to protect independent merchants by forbidding fake discounts and rebates to chain purchasers, empowering the Federal Trade Commission to fix maximum discounts on quantity purchases (TIME, March...
...convinced that she had been unfairly arrested for speeding, refused to leave jail after her mother paid her fine, was ejected. Thereupon Helen Gross returned to the scene of her arrest, drove back & forth with a banner affixed to her car: "Picket! This car is traveling at a maximum speed, 20 miles per hour. Do Not Pass...