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Word: minimum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wonder if it has occurred to our patriotic Congressmen that a minimum of $75 to $100 as basic Army pay would draw perhaps 1,500,000 into the Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 26, 1940 | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

Britain has a series of emergency plans. Last week, whether because the Germans did not attack much or because shipping was at a minimum, little bombing of convoys off the east and south coasts was reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Who Hurt Whom | 8/12/1940 | See Source »

Horton's performance in Springtime for Henry is not solely a labor of love. His contract calls for a minimum of $500 a week. He gets a third of the gross when it amounts to more than $1,500. Only permanent member of Horton's company besides himself is Marjorie Lord, who was discovered by Horton in Saratoga, N. Y. The other two characters required for the play are hired in advance by Horton's stage manager, given a dress rehearsal when Horton and Lord arrive in town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Tour | 7/22/1940 | See Source »

...form a power-wielding triumvirate. A regime similar to that of Generalissimo Franco, with whom 84-year-old Marshal Pétain was "tremendously impressed," was generally predicted. While Berlin applauded approvingly, French Cabinet members denounced "unwieldy democratic procedure," demanded the reduction of "party strife and intrigues to a minimum," proclaimed the return of "authority, sovereignty and prestige" to the Government. France was well on the way to becoming Hitler's Gallic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Labor, Family, Country | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

...attempt to bring two radio stations to heel, he cracked the whip over the three major networks. The stations were St. Paul's KSTP (NBC affiliate), Richmond's WRVA (CBS). Each was embroiled in a local musicians' strike, because it declined to pay a minimum yearly sum, or guarantee a minimum number of jobs, to local musicians, whether needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Petrillo Strikes | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

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