Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Within 72 hours after Broker Verviers' arrest for guessing at 25% devaluation, Premier van Zeeland, having first closed all exchanges, was telling the Belgian Chamber and Senate that he planned to devalue the belga by a maximum of 30% if other nations will join Belgium in an international monetary stabilization pact. If they will not, then the bright blue sky is Premier van Zeeland's devaluation limit...
...Sideline. A second good fortune followed. General Johnson denounced him (TIME, March 18). Senator Long did not mind in the least. He demanded radio time to reply, and seized the opportunity, not to denounce General Johnson but to propagandize for his Share-the-Wealth Clubs. That brought him his maximum mail, over 30,000 letters...
...controversy over whether carbon was liquefied in the heat of the arc. The Cleveland chemists showed conclusively that the carbon does not liquefy but sublimes directly from a solid to a vapor as dry ice does. The sublimation point is a fundamental constant of the element and represents the maximum arc temperature. Determining this constant within narrow limits provides, according to Dr. Chaney, "a convenient and much needed bench mark for all high temperature measurements." It is of help especially to makers of abrasives, artificial gems, fine tools, fine steel for armor plate...
...administrative offices, laboratories, and mail and monitor services. The students are paid at the rate of fifty and sixty cents an hour; the money is credited to the term bill. The average earnings for each man were $202 last year, and will be about the same this year. The maximum is $300 for any student...
Last week Railway Express Agency, "brother-in-law of the railroads," slashed its rates between the two biggest cities on the Atlantic seaboard. Railway Express will now carry packages up to 5 lb. between New York and Philadelphia for a flat 25? instead of a maximum of 40?; will carry 100 lb. for 75? instead of $1.45; 500 lb. for $3.64 instead of $7.25-an average reduction of 50%. Reason: competition from trucks...