Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brave demonstrated the razor sharpness of his machete by clipping tough field grass with lazy swings. Another, carrying steel knuckles crested with sharp spikes, gave the points a final affectionate polishing with emery cloth as he waited for the take-off for France. Though the official maximum weight for a 24-ft. chute is 280 lbs., some of the Indians in full accoutrement weighed well over 350. No one was willing to make them lighten up. For a week before invasion they had been encamped near a Ninth Air Force Station, and their presence was perceptible from afar: they...
...didn't ask me to put in a plug for anything, except perhaps for the palace bathtubs which have rings painted around them at the five-inch level. That's for wartime conservation. The rule in Britain is that you bathe in five inches of water, maximum. . . . 'After all,' Sir Eric said, 'the royal family are people, you know...
...store for Winthrop Chemical Co., if the case is proved: maximum fines totaling $120,000, a lot of bad publicity...
...Term IV, two days before Eleanor Roosevelt addressed the committee. Hillman's 325,000 Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and Phil Murray's 950,000 C.I.O. Steelworkers have already plumped for Franklin Roosevelt in the past fortnight. How many votes can P.A.C. swing? Its most enthusiastic supporters set a maximum of 13 million-including, besides 5.2 million C.I.Osters, 5 million in the A. F. of L. and 1.3 million in the Railway Brotherhoods. Nationally, the A. F. of L. is firmly opposed to P.A.C. holding to its traditional aloofness from endorsing Presidential candidates. But in many cities and states-notably...
...last paragraph, concerned with minimum requirements for election to the Undergraduate Chapter, had no foundation in fact. Election to Phi Beta Kappa is governed by a candidate's total record rather than course grades alone. There are no specific minimum requirements, and the only limitation is concerned with the maximum percentage eligible for membership in any graduating group...