Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moviegoer's mind, Dick Powell stands for an intolerable mug, Ellen Drew for nothing at all, and Preston Sturges for that competent one man outfit that gave us "The Great McGinty" at minimum cost. In "Christmas in July," Powell is surprisingly un provocative, Drew remains nothing, and Sturges contributes as usual the sprightly story and snappy direction that make up most of the show...
...Belgians are willing to endure any hardship to prevent help to Germany, he said. However, he urged that America as send relief based on a scientific appraisal of the minimum needed and after permission had been obtained from England...
Many a pollster, politico, politico-ed last week looked long into a crystal globe, previewed the results of the Presidential election. Some prognostications: Edward J. Flynn: "Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . with a minimum of 427 electoral votes. . . . We allow [Willkie] a maximum of nine States - an aggregate of 58 votes." Joseph W. Martin Jr.: "Willkie and McNary will receive a minimum of 324 electoral votes ... the Republicans will capture at least 60 additional seats in the House. . . ." Pathfinder Poll (owner: Emil Hurja): "Willkie victory with 353 electoral votes ... he may get as many as 385. . . ." Joseph Dunninger (spiritualist investigator) : "Thomas Jefferson...
...clamored for a chance to take Latin America by the ears. Since then the radio industry has sunk a fortune into shortwave operations, is now engaged in spending over $2,000,000 in improving its facilities. Many operators whose transmitters are below FCC's 50,000-watt minimum requirement are now busily engaged in boosting their short-wave power. By next year twelve of them will be blasting away...
...barrage of personal bickerings and town-gown flare-ups that all but overshadowed the issue in dispute. This time the question is put more soberly before the electorate: does Cambridge stand to gain from a professional city government in which political play is kept at an absolute minimum...