Word: maximum
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...tomato-red sky and purple patches. Instead the balance is so finely held between the colored cuts and triangles -- two orange, four lemon- yellow, three purple and so on -- that one sees how strong De Stael's formal constraints were, even when he had color turned up to maximum. Braque once said, "I love the rule that corrects the emotion." The same was true of De Stael...
...groups are urging state legislatures to pass laws that will meet her "undue burden" test, placing crippling restrictions upon abortion without making it illegal. After examining O'Connor's opinions, the National Right to Life Committee last year drafted eight model laws for consideration by states, each designed for maximum appeal to her. "We are trying hard to avoid sending O'Connor tough cases," says Burke Balch, an attorney for the group. "We want the most moderate legislation possible that will still be effective in preventing abortion...
...this case, samples came from a coral reef off Barbados. Carbon 14 and uranium-thorium dating largely agreed for pieces of coral up to about 9,000 years old. But for older pieces the findings diverged, with a maximum disparity of 3,500 years for coral about 20,000 years...
When the worst rioting in more than two years later erupted among Israeli Arabs, many feared that the intifadeh was spreading into Israel proper. As reinforcements poured into the territories, President George Bush pointedly urged Israel to exercise "maximum restraint." Secretary of State James Baker said the U.S. might discuss the deployment of U.N. observers, a measure debated at a special U.N. session in Geneva last week, underscoring American displeasure with Israel's refusal to engage in a peace dialogue. The army's massive crackdown eventually cooled the widespread rioting in the territories, after three days of violence left...
...fountain pen, a gray glasses case from a Paris optician, his gold-rimmed bifocals -- quickly becomes a prop for Gorbachev's one-man show. When the hands are at rest, his thumbs twiddle, not so much in impatience as with excess energy. He modulates his baritone voice for maximum effect, sometimes dropping the volume so that visitors automatically lean toward him. His lilting south Russian intonation softens the harsh edge of a remonstration...