Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good. Ambassador von Ribbentrop was greeted in London with maximum Foreign Office cordiality, but the skein of diplomacy at this point had only begun to unwind. Since the Treaty of Versailles bars Germany from having an effective navy of any sort. His Majesty's Government, while professing themselves willing to capitulate at 35%, asked other naval powers signatory to the Treaty of Versailles if they likewise would consent. Japan consented at once last week. Italy was noncommittal, but France resounded with fury. Once again, Paris assumed. His Majesty's Government were forcing the French Government to incur fresh...
...convincing piece of military muckraking while, after the usual marches and counter-marches, stray buglers of the Junior American Legion Band gather under windows and drive all peaceable citizens into an anti-militarist frenzy. This was the reviewer's experience, and it no doubt gave "Paths of Glory" its maximum effect...
...desires to make the social program of the New Deal a permanent part of American government. It must tackle this ticklish job of amending the Constitution, so that Congress will have the power to wipe out the more glaring abuses in American industry by establishing minimum wages and maximum hours to be observed throughout the country. Such a step will inevitably be distasteful to a people who like to regard their constitution as able to cope with any situation, but it must be done in the interests of the mass of the citizens whose welfare has too long been overlooked...
...remind you of the extent of this potential liability. Even during the past fall the net receipts from football amounted to $292,000 as compared with our total budget of $365,000. The maximum gate receipts were reached in 1929 when they totaled $706,000. The fall has been practically 60 per cent. Another fall of even 20 per cent would mean a serious deficit if the present rate of expenditure were continued, and a continued and sustained downward trend would seriously threaten the entire athletic program. With the uncertainties of the present economic situation, no one charged with...
...arterial clamp was released suddenly. The blood spurted only six inches vertically and only 18 inches laterally. That is the maximum spurt with the flesh held clear. But in a normal cut where the edges of the wound do not gape, blood from the back of the head would well rather than spurt. This proves that a severed occipital artery cannot throw blood around a bathroom as the Lamson defense contends...