Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this purpose," he continued, "that I advise the Bio-Chemical sciences as a field of concentration. If you don't go out for honors, this will only involve one course in addition to the minimum requirements for medical school. The other courses will then be free for broad, cultural subjects...
...turn a phrase with the artistry of a G.B.S., but because he is simply unable to say what he means at all, have there been complaints. Last spring the Committee on the Use of English advised automatic rejection by all departments of papers and examinations failing to reach a minimum standard of clear and lucid prose. Hence the new emphasis on "practical" writing--on English not as an artistic end but as a medium of common expression...
...sold since Jan. 1, none has brought anything like last year's $250,000 plus royalties for The American Way, $225,000 plus royalties for Abe Lincoln In Illinois. The Male Animal went to Warner Brothers for $150,000; The Little Foxes to Samuel Goldwyn for $100,000 (minimum guarantee) ; Night Music to its backers for $25,000 plus percentage; Too Many Girls to R. K. 0. for $100,000; Two On An Island...
Rapidly rising Starlet Betty Field, fresh from honors and a broken neck in Of Mice and Men, plays the Baby Talk Lady with a minimum of baby talk, perhaps a little too much brass...
...American College of Surgeons, organization which certifies hospitals. Dr. MacEachern was polite to the supervisors, but said in effect that they had better retire gracefully to the background, leave the management of the hospital to a respectable board of "outstanding citizens with non-political affiliations." He further advised: "A minimum of $12,000 salary should be offered to the new incumbent, rather than $9,000." (When looking for a director last year, Chicago's Cook County Hospital offered...