Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prevent his personal views from affecting the mark he assigns a blue book. But the number of complaints from students who felt they had been victimized by methods somewhat less than just indicates that unfairness in the grading system has not been reduced to the unavoidable minimum...
Scenery will be kept to a minimum, although there will be full theater lighting and costuming. "The shows will be equal to any college production." West said, "but the special circumstances will limit us mostly to modern plays...
...sold. It was not for lack of bidders. As auctioneers went through their babble ("Haddock on the Maine . . . I'm offered seven . . . seventy-five . . . seven-eighty . . .all done? . . . all done"), haddock finally reached a top bid of 8½?. But it was still half a cent below the minimum price unofficially set by the A.F.L. Atlantic Fishermen's Union, whose men man the boats. And until the price for haddock and other fish was met, the unionized "lumpers" who unload the boats would not work...
...this week opened, the Lenten season demand for fresh fish forced the price of haddock above the union's minimum, brought about a temporary truce between the fishermen and boat-owners. But much of last week's unsold catch was condemned by the state health inspector, sold for fish meal and fertilizer. Price...
Little for Service. Buying & selling on a vast quantity basis, as the basement does, keeps the overhead down to a minimum. Filene customers serve themselves, pay cash, carry their own packages (or pay a delivery charge). Frequently, the basement sells the same item as its upstairs store-but at half the price...