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Word: minimum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Axis Sally showed no emotion at the verdict, which carries a maximum penalty of death (no traitor has ever been executed in the U.S. for treason against the U.S.), or a minimum of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. But as she left the courtroom she indulged in a final bit of defiant dramatics and daffy reasoning that left newsmen wondering if she really knew what the trial had all been about. Said Traitor Gillars: "I wish those who judge me would be willing to risk their lives for America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TREASON: I Wish . . . | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Buyers will now have 21 months (instead of 15 to 18) to pay for goods covered by the regulation. Minimum down payments were cut from 20% to 15% of the purchase price, except for automobiles (which stayed at one-third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two-Way Spiral | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...high spot of the show in the composing department. With imagination, variety, and a beautiful sense of timing and color, Bonner has woven a scorer which should stand comparison with the best of Pudding music. His orchestration is brassy where it should be, and borrows a bare minimum from the all-too-familiar body of Latin American songs on the market...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: "Tomorrow Is Manana" | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

...figures estimated for the DP's expenses are: average room rate, $220; board, $410; personal expenses (absolute minimum), $220; total...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houses Agree To Take DP's, Pay Expenses | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

...meeting determined opposition. The special interests are fighting us just as if they never heard of November the 2nd." The special interests were trying to save the Taft-Hartley Act, he said. They were fighting his welfare measures, blocking the low-rent housing program, trying to keep minimum wages at starvation levels and destroy the farm price support program. The special interests were working through lobbies, editorial pages, columnists and commentators. "This one-sided barrage of propaganda seems overwhelming at first. There are no full-page ads on our side. In fact, all we have on our side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Whose Show? | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

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