Word: optimum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...earned skills. Short years ago the dark-skinned Spanish nobleman was known for his heavy-foot driving, the careless speed that sent his cars tumbling off the track as often as they finished. Now he knew better. He had learned that every stretch of road, every curve has its optimum speed, that a fraction too little would surely lose, that a shade too much might mean disaster...
...Seventh-Day Adventists sent postcards to names culled from the telephone directory to entice students into their Bible classes, with optimum results...
Bullitt stated last night that he would work closely with Bundy, the University's architects and planning officials in making optimum use of the $5 million allocated for the House. He emphasized, however, that the strength of a House is more dependent on the quality of its staff than on pure physical considerations...
...antagonism is in many cases a more productive response than admiration. Disagreement with a thinker and writer of Wilson's calibre demands of the reader a serious and fruitful consideration of his own beliefs, and this is certainly close to the optimum effect that an essayist can hope to achieve. If he cannot convince, he can at least force the reader to scrutinize his own opinion, and perhaps to modify it. In this, Wilson succeeds admirably...
...goal," says Selye, "is certainly not to avoid stress. Stress is part of life. It is a natural byproduct of all our activities; there is no more justification for avoiding stress than for shunning food, exercise or love. But . . . you must first find your optimum stress level and then use your adaptation energy at a rate and in a direction adjusted to the innate structure of your mind and body." How? Dr. Selye boils down his prescription to a light jingle...