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Word: optimum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...better for women not to be familiar with penile implants [Dec. 10] is a surprising one. Penile implants are not for self-indulgence, but to aid the male in attaining an erection for intercourse. The other 50% of the intercourse equation is the partner, who must be included if optimum treatment is to be achieved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...added that the MBTA is looking into Canadian LRV's, which could be used on a demonstration basis as early as January. But he said riders on the Green Line will not have optimum service for at least a year...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Trolley Settlement To Aid Green Line | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

...Egon Ronay, flew each of the airlines three times, on day and night flights. They traveled economy class. (Not included in the survey, because they do not have direct U.K.-North America service, were Air France, Lufthansa and Alitalia.) Each airline was graded according to 14 criteria, with an optimum of 100%, ranging from in-flight announcements to the selection of magazines and newspapers aboard. The score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Score | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...conscious decisions we make. Many of those who have abortions when young have children later in life, when they are more emotionally and financially equipped to handle them. Contraception is at most 99 per cent safe, and abortion must be available to allow women the freedom to provide the optimum conditions for their child's growth...

Author: By Tanya Luhrmann, | Title: The Pro-Choice Argument | 10/25/1979 | See Source »

...Jackrabbit starts do waste gas, but the quicker the car reaches cruising speed, the better the overall fuel mileage. The optimum fuel consumption comes between 40 and 50 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Fuelish Myths | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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