In 1935 (the year before the Berlin Olympics), Jesse Owens set the world record in the long jump with a leap of 26 ft 8 in, and this record would stand for 25 years (a very rare length of time for a track and field record), until it was finally broken by Ralph Boston in 1960.
The rank-size rule (or rank-size distribution) of city populations, is a commonly observed statistical relationship between the population sizes and population ranks of a nationâs cities.
2. an object regarded as the most common size or form of its kind. 3. a rule or principle that is used as a basis for judgment. 4. an average or normal quality, quantity, or level: The work isn't up to his usual standard.