Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...basic task is the same: erect an old-fashioned pyramid of donors in which each operative identifies 10 to 20 people who can each give $1,000, the maximum allowed by law. Each donor is then pressed to identify another 10 to 20 friends to do the same. The complex task of assembling so many names helps explain why veteran fund raisers, who boast networks of anywhere from 2,500 to 10,000 potential donors, have been courted so heavily by Dole, Gramm and Alexander in 1994 and 1995. "The objective is to find 20,000 people to give...
Last month, all major airlines introduced a maximum commission payment of $50 for any round-trip domestic ticket with a base fare in excess of $250, according to an official statement by Delta Airlines...
...campus life committee has a maximum of$23,000 to spend, so in order to cover the cost ofthe concert until revenues come in, we would haveto violate the bylaws by spending grants money,"Schmitt said. "And if we didn't ever make enoughrevenue, we'd have serious constitutionalproblems...
True, of course, but 120 borders on the unnatural. It is at the uppermost limit of what biologists believe is the maximum human life-span. Calment, says Harvard geriatrician Dr. Thomas Perls, "is the Michael Jordan of aging," genetically blessed with extraordinary physical gifts that favor survival. "The chances of you or me getting to be her age are similar to our chances of playing basketball like Jordan." Only one other person is known to have lived as long: Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan, who died in 1986 at 120 years...
...reap the maximum benefit of the peace and quiet, you should avoid visiting the loft area on Saturdays, during lunch or near closing time. Although the loft never really fills up, it is definitely more enjoyable when the other tables are empty. Obviously, it is most enjoyable--and completely free--if you're a smoker. If you're not up to inhaling, you still can use the tables for chess, at the cost of two dollars an hour...