Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...constituency in Uttar Pradesh by a 3-to-1 margin. Most of the surviving leaders, especially the powerful state chiefs, rallied to Indira-though hardly for the best of reasons. They prefer a relatively weak Prime Minister, who will let them run their own affairs with a minimum of direction from New Delhi, to someone like Indira's main rival, former Finance Minister Morarji Desai, 71, who undoubtedly would like to curb their independence. To give Desai less time to collect supporters, the party's parliamentary board moved the selection of Prime Minister forward by three weeks...
Cases where a volunteer fails to meet the minimum demands of his job are rare, especially in an area like teaching that has well-defined working hours. Much more common is the teacher who does a conscientious day-to-day job of teaching but does not extend himself in any other direction. I asked a Peace Corps evaluator how he went about judging the effectiveness of volunteers in out-of-the-class activities. "It's easy," he replied. "I just ask him, 'What are you doing in the community?' Most of the time the answer is 'Nothing...
...Defense Department should develop programs to educate and train volunteers who do not meet minimum military acceptance standards to bring them "up to the level of usefulness as a soldier...
...Liechtenstein's publicity-shy ruler has been discreetly selling off his $150 million art inheritance, consisting of more than 1,500 paintings. Some 30 to 40 Rembrandts, Rubenses and other old masters have disappeared from the vaults of the royal castle at Vaduz only to reappear, with a minimum of publicity, on museum walls from Ottawa to London. Unquestionably the most valuable painting in the Prince's collection was the Leonardo Ginevra...
Hefner's pad on Chicago's North State Parkway has become a considerable tourist attraction, with guided tours available to anyone who has a minimum of pull. It is also the monument to a major American business success story. Unlike other Chicago businesses, the enterprise is not founded on steel, grain or transportation, but on a magazine. One of the great publishing successes since World War II, Playboy was started in 1953 with a 70,000 press run, now has a 4,000,000 circulation...