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Word: minimum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...destroyer squadrons (18 strong), built heavier and steadier for observation purposes and so that they can keep up with the main fleet at top speed in dirty weather. The proposed aircraft carriers are limited by the Washington Treaty of 1922 to a maximum of 27,000 tons each, a minimum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Waging Peace | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

...Master's degree." Thus Professor Mather of Princeton in an article in The Educational Review states his proposition for a more efficient recasting of a university education. "The curriculum of the junior college is prescribed, comprising surveys of all the main branches of knowledge, and affording that minimum of information which may reasonably be expected of a liberally educated man. The methods of instruction are that of disciplinary character to which the student personnel is accustomed in the preparatory schools and which are appropriate to his actual capacity and aims . . ." Membership in the senior college is restricted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REDUCING THE OVERHEAD | 1/30/1928 | See Source »

Elementary teachers will receive a minimum of $1608 per annum, rising to $3,504 in the fourteenth year of service. (Junior and senior high school salaries range from $2,040 to $5,688.) But elementary school principals will receive $5,000-$7,000; junior high school principals $5,500-$7,500; and day high school principals $8,500-$10,000. Many a college professor of international fame commands less. Other salaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pay | 1/9/1928 | See Source »

...which the individual municipalities rather than the central government tend to support the aerial transport routes through subsidies. "Germany," he said, "has also made rapid strides in the technical development of air craft, being forced by the limiting clauses of the Peace Treaty to obtain maximum efficiency with minimum horsepower...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BIDDLECOMB DISCUSSES AERIAL TRANSPORTATION | 12/16/1927 | See Source »

...have a "reading period" covering six successive weeks (Dec. 23 to Feb. 4) during which the ordinary routine of College life will be ordinary routine of College life will be interrupted and every man will be free to plan his work as he will, subject to a minimum of interference from stated College engagement's. It would be wise therefore to handle these six weeks as a whole and to distribute one's work accordingly. I would suggest therefore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Reading Period | 12/16/1927 | See Source »

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