Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most unpleasant of human occupations. It demands long hours of back-breaking labor, often in choking dust amid insects and under a flaming sun. The harvesttime wage for grape pickers averages $1.65 an hour, plus a 250 bonus for each box picked, while the current federal minimum wage...
...innovative new methods of constructing lower cost housing, we must adopt a "performance standard" building code, specifically the BOCA code which has received considerable national attention and has already been adopted by a number of localities. This code, rather than limiting construction to a select few methods, sets up minimum standards of strength, durability and safety. Then any system of building which meets those standards can be accepted for use in the city. It is an inclusive rather than exclusive code. It is my feeling that we must be inclusive in an effort to explore every avenue that will drive...
...Crimson drove off the line powerfully, with a minimum of roughness, and quickly opened up a small lead. By the mile flags, they had a half-length on the Argonauts, but the British crew was raising its stroke to a frantic, punishing 41, gambling the race on its ability to pull even during the final 550 yards...
Keeping an appropriate distance, the Boston Museum presents this show with a minimum of fanfare: no special installation, on wall labels. The viewer does not even have titles to distract him. The art speaks for itself; it is not staged to beat the Museum of Modern Art. But with this small, unpublicized show, the Boston museum subtly presents its permanent collection from a new angle, making the eye compare established art of the past with art today. The confrontation continues through Monday...
...holders of masters degrees in business administration who start at a minimum of $12,500 [June 13] may be glad to work for half of that 20 years from now, if the experience of their elders is any criterion. The crime of American business is that it pays more for a 25-year-old than for a 45-year-old. In fact, not one blue-chip company will even hire anyone over...