Word: optimum
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...other requirements for economic take-off. The President should also have realized that practical regionalism involves considerable political sacrifices to development criteria on the part of both Congress and recipient countries. Congress might have to help a somewhat unfriendly country if it were located in the middle of an optimum region for economic growth. And once regions were established, legislators could not halt aid to a specific country without hurting growth in several other small states. On the other hand, small states might have to overcome traditional tribal or religious conflicts in order to benefit from regional...
...unexpected new entry moved in for a share of the compact-jet market. Fairchild Hiller Corp. of Hagerstown, Md., announced that it will soon begin U.S. production of the F-228, a twin-engine jet that will carry from 50 to 60 passengers, cruise at 500 m.p.h., give optimum performance on the 100-mile to 200-mile hops that are the bread and butter of the regionals. Fairchild will produce the plane in cooperation with Royal Netherlands Aircraft Factories Fokker. Since the Dutch company has already designed the plane and built its prototype, the F-28, Fairchild Miller...
...When one generation crosses its optimum age and sees clearly that it has not accomplished what needed to be done, it looks to the young; it attempts to rationalize its failures and unfinished works by fervently believing that the next generation will come through strong and victorious...
...Weighing 76 Ibs. each, which was originally considered the optimum weight for a slave to lift...
There must be an "optimum degree of enforcement" from the point of view of the criminal monopoly. With no enforcement, either because enforcement is not attempted or because enforcement is infeasible, the black market could not be profitable enough to invite criminal monopoly (or not any more than any other market, legitimate or criminal). With wholly effective enforcement, and no collusion with the police, the business would be destroyed. Between these extremes there may be an attractive black market profitable enough to invite monopoly...