Word: optimum
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Still, there is a finite limit to the physical resources of the globe, which means, in turn, a limit to the number of people the world can support. But how many people is too many? At what point is the "optimum population" reached...
...that bigness is dangerous, the critics face an almost unanswerable question: How big is too big? The Nader team's advocacy of an absolute $2 billion limit on assets is an overly simplistic answer. There are genuine economies in large-scale operation, and nobody knows what is the optimum size of a company. Trustbuster McLaren wonders: "Do you apply the same limits to an aerospace company and a candy manufacturer? If not, how do you determine the proper size for each...
...Every coach wants more practice space and larger seating capacity. They've told us their maximum desires. Now we have to edit the program in order to find the optimum-realistic-facilities-that should be built," McKinnell said...
Dean May-the driving force behind the new co-ed plan-hopes to achieve an optimum five-to-one male-female ratio in all Harvard Houses while establishing nearly a one-to-two male-female ratio in the three Radcliffe Houses...
...physical checkup last month indicated, Nixon is remarkably fit, his blood pressure excellent. Although he takes a full dinner, he eats sparingly at breakfast and lunch. His weight is an optimum 170 Ibs., down 2 Ibs. in the past year. Nixon usually gets to bed by 11:30 or midnight, rises about 7 a.m. He shaves himself with a safety razor in the morning, handles the old beard problem with a quick runover by electric razor in the afternoon. If he is to appear in public or on television in the evening, he shaves again with a safety razor...