Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...That the unemployed put off applying for work relief as long as possible, exhausting all resources and going heavily into debt; that far from living in luxury on the relief rolls, work relief families have been poorly fed, clothed and housed, with income running well below the minimum standards established by the relief authorities; that the average debt of families seeking work relief was $234, and that families must continue to subsist on credit for part of current expenses; that unemployment is disproportionately severe among youths just out of school and older workers over forty; and that most public complaints...
...reason why U. S. aircraft cannot be mass-produced is that airplanes and their engines are still largely hand-built, precision jobs. Last week an airplane designed for mass production with a minimum of handwork was flown in California. It was Timm Aircraft Corp.'s blue-&-gold plastic plane-with wings and fuselage pressure-molded from thin spruce plywood and liquid plastic (like the bakelite of radio panels), then baked in an oven. Test Pilot Vance Breese (who has designed and produced another plastic model) put Timm's plane through its paces, convinced at least one Army observer...
...charged them to Stuka squadrons because the name had grown pregnant with implications of Nazi frightfulness. These were, in most cases, raids by low-flying attack bombers which swept roads with machine-gun fire and bombs, depended on firepower, speed and whole sale demoralization for their getaway with a minimum of trouble from anti-aircraft fire...
Feeling that Harvard should do its bit to alleviate the horrors of the European war, a group of students has volunteered to assist the American Red Cross in its nation-wide campaign for war relief. Today it will appeal to the generosity of Harvard men, hoping to raise a minimum of $1,200 as a modest contribution to the ten million dollar fund which the Red Cross needs to lend effective help. A supply ship has already been sent to France; but many more must cross the ocean to provide for only the barest needs of an estimated five million...
Help to the American Red Cross is a matter of human rather than political sympathy. Food, clothing, medical supplies are most needed where modern warfare has struck hardest--today in the Lowlands and France; tomorrow, perhaps, elsewhere. The Red Cross has cut administration costs to a negligible minimum and practically every penny received is spent directly on those for whom it was intended. Here, then, is a chance to demonstrate that while we are determined to keep out of war we are willing to do our share of combating the misery it spreads...