Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Grier and Cobbs carry the argument to extremes when they contend that the "self-concept of slaveholder is central to the American national character and is in fact the national sickness of white racism." It has been structured into demeaning laws and customs designed to keep maximum distance between black and white. Poussaint argues that what is needed is a massive program of "deconditioning" Americans from their white-superior, black-inferior models of thought and relationships. The burden in achieving this, he suggests, would fall mainly on the educational system and the mass media...
Stafford's day begins at 5 a.m. He must be at the Washington Bridge post office, twelve minutes away by subway, at 6. First he sorts, or "boxes up," the mail for his route. Regulations say that the bag he carries can weigh a maximum of 35 Ibs.; usually it is a little lighter. His 18-block trek takes him to 1,100 mailboxes. He enjoys the job, and knows many of the residents he serves. "I like to talk to people," he says. "It's nice in the summertime." For lunch, he gets 30 minutes. His normal...
...Indiana several years ago. a wife settled a fight with her husband by having him arrested for sodomy, "the abominable crime against nature" that is forbidden by nearly all the 50 states. Result: the husband received a maximum 14-year prison sentence for doing what many people now regard as unobjectionable. Fortunately for him, a federal court of appeals reversed his conviction, implying that Indiana's anti-sodomy law itself might well be unconstitutional...
...well. During the time between Fall registration and the study card deadline, he spent three hours a week with each of them. He knows them well, and says that it is only that context that enables him to give them advice. He views ten advisees per advisor as a maximum: "Any move in that direction would be an improvement," he says, "More than that is hard to control...
...Louisiana coast's wildlife refuges and rich oyster beds. Fortunately the slicks blew out to sea, but Hickel said that the Interior Department will hold Chevron liable for any necessary cleanup. In addition, the Government may sue the company for 147 violations of federal offshore drilling regulations. Maximum penalty: $2,000 per day for each violation. Chevron could have cut the damage, officials say, by installing legally required "storm chokes" that close wells when the oil flow gets out of control. Cost of the device: a mere $800 per well...