Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...foreign policy is essentially peaceful and, on the other hand, we must think of economizing. But there is a minimum of new building which we cannot go below. Our fleet is very inferior to the Italian fleet. Germany is authorized to own a fairly important fleet and is not limited as to new building. We must take account of this and also of the Russian fleet...
...last week, declared Dr. William Allen Pusey, onetime (1923-24) President of the American Medical Association, in a pamphlet published by the Association. He gave his reasons-the expense and difficulty of a modern medical education makes it impossible for poor men to become doctors. Said he: "The minimum requirements 25 years ago were that the student should be 21 years old, have attended three years of medical school. . . . Now entrance requirements include three years of college; the medical course is five years, including one year of hospital ... an expense of $8,000 to $10,000.... It will be difficult...
...should "the Great Lexicographer" far outrun in fame his 20th Century namesake when the latter's work is completed. Twenty volumes containing lives of U. S. celebrities (dead 25 years at the minimum) would be a monument to any man that compiled them. Moreover, the second Dr. Johnson was chosen because it is intended that the work shall be finally authoritative, modeled on the English Dictionary of National Biography, edited by the late Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sydney Lee. He was chosen because his record (as professor, as biographer of Stephen A. Douglas, as U. S. historian, as supervisor...
...mark was shooting downward toward practical worthlessness, Hugo Stinnes bought everything in sight of a tangible character, and went deeply into debt also. Later, he paid off many of his debts at bargain prices-hence his enormous profits. Meanwhile, he had as little working capital as possible, and the minimum resources in actual money...
...concluded negotiations with the Soviets for control of the Caucasian manganese ore properties (TIME, June 22, RUSSIA). The Harriman interests have acquired a 20-year grant to operate these mines, and exclusive right to export manganese. The Soviet will receive a royalty on all ore shipped, with the annual minimum figure...