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Word: minimum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made a few specific promises: an increased minimum wage, broadened and increased social-security benefits, a strengthened Department of Labor, vigorous antitrust enforcement, action to "break the log jam in housing" and to halt "soaring prices." But he left labor still wondering what Taft-Hartley changes, if any, he would propose. Said Dewey: "The new law is not perfect. No law, or any other human handiwork is perfect. It can always be improved and wherever and whenever it needs change it will be changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Victory in the Air | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Women," and "Why Do Women Cry." By male tastes (which do not matter to the Journal), its "problem" fiction is below the standard of its articles -but it is not for want of hunting for new authors or problems. The Journal took twelve first stories (at a minimum of $750) by budding writers. Its fiction, food and architecture displays are decorated with wide-open, four-color layouts that are among the best in the business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ladies' Choice | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

What makes the picture even prettier, for Miss Webster, is that Impresario Sol Hurok is in it. He has booked the troupe on the same basis as the touring Met or a Marian Anderson recital, has guaranteed minimum gross receipts all along the way. The show will cost the playgoer 60? to $3.60, depending on the local sponsor; in some cases, admission will be free, with a school fund footing the bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Shakespeare on Wheels | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

This picture, like Miracle, creates conviction by a deadpan treatment of fantasy - and works its miracles with a minimum of photographic hocuspocus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Oct. 4, 1948 | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

Actual scrimmaging time was kept to a minimum as the team began to taper off on contact work. A dummy scrimmage took up the better part of the afternoon with emphasis on split-second timing and final details of the new system. A short but vicious assault on the tackling dumies finished ceremonies...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Varsity Eases Up On Contact, Polishes Plays | 9/30/1948 | See Source »

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