Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strict calculation." His final report: the weed was flourishing on not 25,000 but about 250,000 acres in Guajira. Perhaps 50,000 more acres are cultivated in the southern plains. "I was shocked," he said. "No one thought the problem could be of such dimensions." At a maximum yield, such fields have a potential of producing annually 6 billion lbs. of marijuana, each pound worth $600 on American streets...
That is only the start. In 1981 the tax rate rises from 6.13% to 6.65%, and the tax will be collected on $29,700 in earnings. The maximum bite on any employee jumps to $1,975 in 1981, and to a projected...
...tool of judicial review, but not for the reasons intended by the amendment's drafters. At the beginning of the 20th century, the 14th was used principally to protect property, not the disadvantaged. The court protected business from government regulation, thwarted unionization and struck down minimum-wage and maximum-hour laws. That trend began to fade only in the late 1930s, after F.D.R. threatened to "pack" the court with liberals to get his New Deal through...
...shipments has not yet been felt, even in South Africa (which depends on Iran for 90% of its crude) or Israel (which relies on Iran for 70%). Saudi Arabia has made up much of the slack by expanding its output from 7 million bbl. per day to a maximum capacity flow of 11 million...
...native of Oshkosh, Steiger served for six years as a state assemblyman before winning election to the U.S. Congress at age 28. A self-described moderate Republican, he co-sponsored the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, helped launch the volunteer Army, and this year proposed cutting the maximum capital gains tax from 49% to 25%. Despite opposition from President Carter, Steiger's colleagues eventually set the maximum tax rate...