Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wants. Next step of Il Duce in his new frame of mind was to make perfectly clear that Italy's minimum aims remain in time of war what they were in peace: 1) Djibouti; 2) representation on the board of directors of the Suez Canal Co.; 3) guarantees for the Italian minority in Tunisia. He made it equally clear that anything above minimum would be in no sense repugnant to Italy...
...solar and lunar eclipse schedule for 1940 lists five events, which is higher than the average. The maximum possible number of eclipses in a year is seven (as in 1935) and the minimum is two. There must be at least two solar eclipses every year, but a year can pass without any lunar eclipses...
...committee on distribution, chair-manned by Dean Leighton, was appointed as a result of two Faculty meetings devoted to problems raised by the Student Council report on Education. "It is understood," Dean Ferguson said, "that the committee will make specific recommendations to the Faculty regarding minimum requirements for distribution in the areas of the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences...
Noise would be reduced to a minimum since the first floor would baffle most of the street noises in this quiet section of the University grounds...
...three courses. Many men are willing to pay five dollars a term for evening labs, though the committee frankly states that the University ought to foot the whole bill. In anticipation of the oft-used plea of lack of money, however, it has been able to scrape up a minimum guarantee of about $400, to be paid by the students if absolutely necessary...