Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when, where or why the President made his second decision. But one reason for the quick veering of U.S. policy was plain to see. The deal did not look good to the U.S. people, nor to some of the U.S. delegates. For discarding it, Franklin Roosevelt got a minimum of criticism for indecisiveness, a substantial measure of praise for knowing when to beat a retreat...
...Thus, by the end of the first year, even though the Japanese war is still on, industry can count on a minimum cutback of 35% in war production...
...Braniff searched the air transport industry for good men, sent his gangling Braniff Airways north to tap the rich traffic at Kansas City, Chicago and Denver. A businessman with a hawk eye for facts & figures, Braniff watched his operating costs, held losses at a minimum...
...white citizens. Local newspapers paid it little or no attention. But a few of the city's strong-minded art lovers gave it a good hand. For one, burly Editor Ralph McGill offhandedly plugged the show in his Constitution (which believes in giving Southern Negroes at least their minimum constitutional rights). After several prominent whites had spoken at its opening ceremonies, the all-Negro Annual gradually became an Atlanta institution. Now one of the South's outstanding art events, it hands out $1,400 in prizes, tries to keep its show down to a carefully chosen group, this...
...includes a study not only of the history and customs but also an intensive language course designed to give at least a rudimentary knowledge of even the most difficult Asiatic tongues. Although the aspect of military training and drilling cannot be completely omitted, it has been kept at a minimum...