Word: maximum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Mindful of last autumn's fiasco with the 4th Liberty Loan redemption (TIME, Oct. 23) the Treasury could afford to take no chances. The interest rate offered was liberal. The maximum maturity of only 58 weeks was calculated to draw out money that was afraid to take long term risks. The offer was well calculated. By nightfall the subscription books were closed. Banks (which had nearly $1,000,000,000 of excess reserves) and other big buyers had nominally offered to take $3,415,000,000 of the 13½ month notes...
...plans for skiing were revealed to the 50 enthusiasts who attended. Herbert S. Sise 34, captain of this year's team, and Bradford Washburn '33, last year's captain, outlined the season's schedule and explained how the division of instruction would be made to afford each man the maximum possible training...
...rushed to Manhattan. There are no Australian vintage years because, Australians eagerly explain, "the weather is so perfect that every year is the same." Anxious not to offend the King's subjects down under, the Encyclopædia Britannica puts Australian wines in their place with a maximum of tact: "The plentiful supply of cheap grape brandy makes it possible for Australia to send to England ever increasingly large quantities of fortified wines [i. e. dosed with brandy], wines which being rich in natural grape sweetness and of a high alcoholic strength are more and more in demand among...
...each & every automobile dealer in the U. S. last week went a fat little pocket manual to put a stop to this competitive method of price cutting. As an appendage of the automobile dealers' code under NRA, the manual listed the maximum trade-in allowance on every make and model of car. No dealer could offer a customer more without violating the code. risking punishment. The prices listed were compiled from nation-wide second-hand sales by the National Automobile Dealers Association, which issues its Official Used Car Guide on prices each month...
...price listed in the guide. He must deduct a charge for handling and reconditioning, ranging from 5% to 15% depending upon the age of the car. The official guide price of a Ford cabriolet, 1930 model, in the New York area is $210. The mandatory deduction (15%) fixes the maximum allowance to a customer at $178.50. Other Guide prices in District No. 2 (five passenger sedans, 1930 models): Buick 30-57, $425; Chevrolet, $195; Chrysler 70, $300; Franklin, $700; Hudson Greater 8, $265; La Salle $575; Nash 480, $375; Packard 7-26, $600; Studebaker...