Word: maximum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While Fascismo still paid dividends, Count Galeazzo Ciano supped as well as any. Wedded to Mussolini's daughter, the waspish, predatory Edda, and openly called the heir apparent, he swooped through his duties as Foreign Minister with minimum effort and maximum profit...
When an agreement on uncompleted work cannot be reached, settlement shall be made on a basis which allows a maximum profit of 6% on articles started, a maximum of 2% on unprocessed inventory...
...President listed more: slum clearance, old age and unemployment insurance, aid for the blind and crippled, the public works program (both PWA and WPA), minimum wages and maximum hours, the CCC and NYA, abolition of child labor, the break-up of utility monopolies, TVA and REA, flood control, water conservation and drought relief, crop insurance and the ever-normal granary...
...months the Army and Curator Stephen Grancsay of the Museum's ancient arms and armor department have been experimenting on armor that will give maximum protection from flak and flying missiles, minimum interference with movement. Last week genial, 46-year-old Curator Grancsay thought he had found the answer. He hoped to prove to the Army that the type of steel coat worn by medieval knights is still the best...
Last week the Brazilian Government was deep in a slam-bang fight to keep prices down. Latest measure: an order compelling food stores to stock essential foods, sell them at a 10% maximum profit...