Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...atmosphere of New England reserve necessary for the success of such a room give to it a sort of mystic unapproachability inconsistent with every-day use. Nothing could be more unfortunate, and efforts should be made at the outset to reduce all possibility of such a situation to a minimum. For it is by the general interest and support of the student body that the success of such a thing as a poetry reading room is to be judged...
...Business School marks another addition to the faculty houses owned by the University. Several homes, notably those of Professor Hocking and Palmer adjoining the Yard have long been controlled by the College, but so far the policy has been to limit the ownership of single housing units to a minimum...
Farm. One-half of the total number of U. S. farmers make less than $800 a year. The profits of only one-quarter exceed $1,200 per year, the Department of Agriculture's "minimum wage" for a farm family. Reason for low income: For every dollar the consumer pays for food, about 30 cents gets back to the farmer, 70 cents going for transportation, marketing, etc. The fanner gets no more because, ambitious, he grows too much, puts it up for sale. With all farmers doing this, a surplus is created, depressing prices. The farmer markets his goods individually...
...westbound trip, with a full European stock, will be wetter than the eastbound trip with its limited medicinal supply for sale. Likewise the chief steward will have to exercise rare judgment in making his purchases abroad to estimate the exact thirst of westbound passengers and thus reduce to the minimum the surplus to be discharged at the 12-mile-limit...
...obvious remedy for this privation as seen by the individual, is to cut down his science courses to a minimum and concentrate in some field which holds less interest for him. Not only does this involve personal hardship, but it loses for the science departments many men who might later be a credit and a source of strength to them. Only from motives of self interest then and even without any consideration for the rights or convenience of individuals, the authorities in charge would seem to be justified in a relaxation of the restrictions now imposed on laboratory working time...