Word: minimum
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...unusual solution: "If American agriculture could insert (at a future conference table) at least minimum requirements for a standard of health protection and security for agricultural workers, progress would be made. . . . Every commodity package sold in the open markets of the world must be labeled: 'Produced under the international health standards...
...Going. Britain emerged from World War I with the world's largest air force-22,171 planes. Within a few weeks of the Armistice, says Author Michaelis, she destroyed "more than 20,000." Between 1919 and 1939, R.A.F. chiefs labored to make the best available force with the minimum material. They based their force on the earliest foundations of British planecraft. The company founded by the first man to fly a plane in England (1908), A. V. Roe, is today the builder of Avro Anson, Manchester and Lancaster bombers. From the Bristol Box Kite descends today's Bristol...
This is the task before the organization in the United Nations, held together by the sense of responsibility of a strong nucleus. If--as an indispensable minimum--the British Empire, the Soviet Union and the United States cooperate, they are strong enough to maintain peace; if they fail to cooperate, there will be war. The Axis, in 1940-41, triumphant in proclaimed the disintegration of the British Empire and of the Soviet Union...
This is the task before the organization of the United Nations, held together by the sense of responsibility of a strong nucleus. If--as an indispensable minimum--the British Empire, the Soviet Union and the United States cooperate, they are strong enough to maintain peace; if they fail to cooperate, there will be war. The Axis, in 1940-41, triumphantly proclaimed the disintegration of the British Empire and of the Soviet Union...
...this severe cut may be a blessing in disguise. The decisions may mean the difference between profits and bankruptcy for many a railroad after the war. With capitalizations cut to the ballast, fixed charges down to a minimum and strong-boxes bulging with leftover wartime cash, all well-managed roads now should not merely be alive but should also be in first-class shape to fight truckers, shippers and airline operators for postwar business. For the whole U.S. economy this was good news...