Word: minimum
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...purposes of this organization," explains Coffin, "is not so much to push for a specific new policy as to clarify the fundamental differences of present policy. It is a program with a large educational content and a minimum of direct action. What we are seeking to do is reach the widest segment of the public as possible...
...working definition of poverty, the U.S. Government sets a minimum income sufficient for an urban family of four, based on $2.80 a day for food, with an added factor for rent and services. It adds up to $3,100 a year, or $2,200 for farm families who grow their own food...
...sense that men will always form a spectrum from the richest on down, sociologists will never be able to say that any nation is free of poverty. Some future U.S. President may deplore "one-third of a nation ill-wined, ill-minked and ill-mansioned," for the minimum living standards that define poverty are certain to go on rising. But that rise is what constitutes victory in a war on poverty...
...Papandreou. In fact, if any buying of votes had been done, it was done by George Papandreou himself during his 15 months as Premier-and therein lies the essence of one of his successor's thorniest problems. Solidifying the popularity he had won throueh his oratory, Papandreou boosted minimum salaries of teachers and civil servants by 12%, increased social security benefits to workers and -in a land where 51% of the electorate lives on the farm-raised farm subsidies from $40 million in 1963 to an estimated $83 million this year. His policies sent the federal budget plunging steeply...
...commonly accepted minimum IQ rating for "genius...