Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dead." Evceyef's record beat the previous mark, held by an Englishman, by more than a mile. The jolt suffered by Jumper Evceyef was no worse than if he had jumped from only 2,000 ft. and pulled his ripcord at 500. A man's body attains maximum velocity (120 m.p.h.) after falling 1,400 ft. Evceyef probably fell at 200 m.p.h. through rarefied atmosphere before the denser atmosphere of lower altitudes slowed him down...
...attempt to add insult to injury, Cantabrigian garagemen have called in the bilious gargoyles of the local constabulary to force the cars of students off streets; this duty they have accomplished with a maximum of asininity, officiousness, and impoliteness. Their excuse that the fire hazard makes it necessary to do this attains a truly remarkable degree of thinness when it is considered that cars can be parked on the streets all day long without creating any fire hazard. Realistically viewed, these activities of the police amount to nothing more nor less than a racketeering expedition for the benefit...
...Wages & hours were changed so that a store might elect to operate in one of three groups, classified by number of hours per week that it remained open. But no store might operate less than 52 hours a week (except those that did so prior to June i). Maximum hours in each group ranged from 40 to 48, minimum wages in big cities from $14 to $15 a week. Lowest wage allowed was $9 for villages in the South...
...event that this first scheme should not prove feasible, then perhaps the large, cindered area back of the Stadium, the zone now used as a paying parking space on big game days, could be turned to that same purpose the whole year round. It has, I believe, a maximum capacity of about 1400 cars, and could be opened at once for the dual purpose of aiding the H.A.A. and keeping the fair name of Harvard out of the traffic courts. Eugene Du Bois...
...public. 2) For all future revenue bills specific taxes must be pledged. 3) Real estate taxes may not be raised during the next four years except to meet increased debt charges. 4) Each of the next four yearly budgets must provide a reserve against delinquent taxes of a maximum of $50,000,000. 5) The penalty for delinquent taxes will be lowered immediately from 7% to 6%, then jumped to 10% after the year...