Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...minimum standard of living is not likely to be improved by an American defeat...
...this flying the Army has promised to "lend-lease" new cargo planes to the airlines as fast as they come off production lines-a minimum of 300 by Christmas. Said General George: "The only limit is [the airlines'] ability to expand." Biggest immediate addition will be scores of sturdy, twin-engined Douglas DC-35, now rolling off California production lines at a record clip. Next will come giant 25-ton Douglas DC-45, able to tote a ten-ton payload non-stop for 2,200 miles. For the rest of the fleet the Army will lend the airlines huge...
...Repertory players, who have made the former Joy Street livery-stable their workshop for the past few years, board communally in a house on nearby Beacon Hill. Out of the modest proceeds of a box-office that depends on playgoer contributions (50c minimum) come first, production expenses and second, food for the Company; salaries are largely wishful thinking. "Which means," says Norman Mailer '43, in charge of publicity, "our diet is somewhat irregular...
...profits from last year's 31% to a new high of 40%. In England business pays only 5% on its normal profits, and even that 5% can be deducted from any excess-profits levy the corporation may have to pay. (The British also withhold at the source the minimum 50% personal income tax, but this is not a tax on business. Stockholders can deduct the full amount from their individual income-tax payments, can even claim a refund if they are tax-exempt...
...told WPB that with only 4,500 tons of crude (less than 1% of the remaining U.S. stockpile) and 234,000 tons of reclaim (about one-third of U.S. two-year capacity) it can recap enough old tires, make enough new ones of reclaimed rubber to meet the irreducible minimum-replacement demand to keep all present cars on the road. But the press underplayed the industry's quid pro quo for the miracle: To achieve it, said the tiremen, every car, truck and bus in the U.S. will have to cut its usual mileage an average of 25% (which...