Word: optimum
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Each feature was charted in color on a separate transparent map. When McHarg superimposed all the maps atop each other, he saw, shining through the colors, a thin line of white that marked the highway's optimum route. Later he used the same method to pinpoint exactly where different land uses should occur with "the least costs and greatest savings and benefits on all of Staten Island...
...hope this will be the start of the implementation of the Mosteller Report, which recommended that 16 computers he made freely available for undergraduates," Bossert said. [The Mosteller Report, which came out about two years ago, suggested needed expansion of facilities for optimum undergraduate education...
...Arnott's staging of Lysistrata may not be the best university theatre I've seen in four years here. But I honestly can't remember anything better. It puts it all together; a simple, but visually pleasing and extraordinary functional set that, combined with Arnott's precise blocking, makes optimum use not only of the arena but of the entire theatre; a truly superior use of lighting; ingenious tinkering with the script; and acting that ranges from good to superb...
...distinction is important, because a crucial point in the argument is just how many deliverable H-bombs the U.S really needs to make retaliation a sufficiently convincing threat to the Russians. The "optimum" retaliatory force, according to former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, consists of 400 one-megaton warheads delivered to their assigned targets, destroying an estimated 30% of Russia's population and 76% of its industry. The U.S. now has 1,000 Minuteman and 54 Titan II ICBMs, each with a single warhead; 656 submarine-launched Polaris missiles, some of them already fitted with multiple warheads; and hundreds...
...Lowe's President Edward Lowe, 48, found that they were collectively 120 lbs. in excess. Last month he started ICATLYC, the "I Can't Afford to Lose You Club." Each member was weighed in by the company doctor, and a goal-his optimum weight-was set. Each was given as many weeks as he had pounds to lose. If he makes his specified weight by that deadline, he is paid 1½ of his annual salary; the bonus will be renewed every year for as long as he stays in trim. Thus a $20,000-a-year...