Word: maximum
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...council and its task force are workinghard to ensure that departments and individualfaculty members have maximum flexibility to reporton their activities as they themselves feelappropriate," Marquand said
...will do the utmost possible," Bush said. "We will try to get the maximum research funding level possible. If there's some place where you can put a little more money to get this problem solved, of course we want to be sensitive...
...among many urban teenage males. "It is now a rite of passage that you must go to prison on at least a misdemeanor," says Jerome Miller of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives in the Washington area. "What you see on the street is the ethics of a maximum-security prison...
...shifts into a new energy state. Each type of atom responds most readily to a particular frequency. For the cesium-133 atoms in most atomic clocks, the frequency is 9,192,631,770 vibrations per second. When a microwave beam inside the clock is set to that frequency, the maximum number of atoms will undergo the energy switch, signaling the clock's internal computer that the device is correctly tuned. The vibrating microwaves keep time; the atoms just keep them on track...
...clear winner is New Hampshire; after three years of dismal economic news, the locals can look forward to a quick-shot infusion of cash from the candidates and the hordes of journalists covering the contest. At least four of the Democrats will spend $530,000 apiece, the maximum allowed in the primary. On top of that, the Administration is weighing in with a welcome helping of federal money whose timing leaves little doubt about the political motives behind...