Word: minimum
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...soldier, and is now in northern Italy. His opinions have markedly changed in two principal respects: racial and political. For him these two things are, now one. His definition of democracy is: a skillfully adjusted freedom of the individual to the maximum degree in accord with orderliness and minimum poverty...
Into Senate and House hoppers went identical bills amending the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, lifting its 40?minimum hourly wage to 65? (and to 75?after two years). The work week would drop to 40 hours when 75? was reached. Industry committees, under special circumstances, could drive basic pay rates upward even faster...
This drastic scheme did not mean that Germany would be a goat pasture, with no industry whatsoever. The commissioners proposed to allow Germany the minimum absolutely necessary to sustain a workable German economy...
Soul-Shaking Decision. General Ike was asked if the Normandy invasion could have been postponed again (bad weather had already delayed the take-off two days). Said he: "We would have had to postpone it for a minimum of twelve days. . . . The prospect of trying to hold up that mighty thing was bad." The decision to go ahead was one of his hardest decisions-"a little soul-shaking...
...versa. But the combined opposition is now strong enough to do some boat-rocking. No longer would the minority parties be prone to sit by, as grandstand critics, making noises solely for the record, taking little responsibility. With the Liberal Government's former whopping majority cut to a minimum, there would be closer scrutiny of legislation, more informed and useful debate. The Liberals would now have to mind their political knitting. Out would go the complacency that goes with a top-heavy majority...