Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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They will be turned loose with a minimum of 35 hours' instruction, about that given by most schools for private pilots' licenses, but much less than the minimum given by approved schools to commercial pilots (175 hours) or by the Army to its students (about 325 hours...
...other evils attend costly dances. Chief of these is cut-throat competition between the Houses, apparently carried on with a fond belief in the possibility of driving some Houses out of business altogether. Another evil, directly resulting from the present ruling, is the tendency of orchestras to make their minimum the House's maximum and hold out for a higher figure than they would ordinarily demand...
...Economics instructor said, "I regard the penalty tax as a legitimate expression of the feeling of the United States to German international policy, including her International Economic Policy. There is a great deal of evidence that Germany has already reduced her imports from the United States to the indispensable minimum. As a consequence, any action of this kind is bound to be felt rather more severely by Germany in the retaliation which unquestionably follow...
Catholics have given long and consistent support to sound social legislation on fundamental questions like the minimum wage, the right of labor to organize and to bargain collectively, relief of the aged, housing and many others. The insinuation that Catholics have not been "for" anything, is obviously untrue and unfair...
Girls working in restaurants not selling liquor commonly receive a $12 wage and tips. In one establishment, where tipping is discouraged, a minimum wage of $14 prevails. Waitresses who are also required to set as salesgirls receive proportionately more...