Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Evslin '65, publicity director for the Committee, insists, however, that there was still no reason to foresee any as he admitted that "we were surprised by the poor attendance." Evslin aimed that the Committee had based its figures on the minimum attendance Jubilees, and had actually hoped a few extra dollars from the concert...
About five days ago one pile was driven with a steam hammer and seven piles with the sonic hammer. Then the steam-driven pile and one of the sonic-driven ones were load-tested. Specifications called for a minimum load of seventy tons, but as a safety factor both were tested for double the design load. It was found that with the 140 ton load the steam-driven pile sunk twice as far into the ground as the sonic-driven pile...
...seems to grow static, he makes it explode in five different directions. He has cleverly filled the gaps between scenes, and, best of all, he has staged a thoroughly professional show. Muffs, backstage clonkings, and all the other annoyances one habitually associates with House drama are at an absolute minimum...
...noise abatement procedures are chipping away at their margin of safety. Long training urges that they take off into the wind and climb to altitude on a straight course under full power. Noise abatement often requires them to take off downwind, to climb too steeply, to make turns at minimum altitudes and air speeds. Cutting power for the sake of quietness reduces air speed also, just when a plane needs every boost it can get. As it is practiced today, says Edward Bechtold, a safety expert of the Airline Pilots Association, "noise abatement is like a married man going...
Except for these eccentricities, McMath has a fine record: he was one of the first to oppose Faubus' school policies in 1957, and, as governor, established Arkansas' minimum wage. He could probably beat anybody other than Faubus handily; and should Faubus run, "Uncle Sid" might give him a fight...