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Word: minimum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...General Education program has glided into operation with a minimum of confusion among undergraduates and a minimum of headaches for administrators...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: New Gen Ed Program Runs Smoothly | 9/29/1966 | See Source »

...strike and enlist the aid of Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown. Brown, of course, was non-commital, but the publicity broke Schenley. In April, Schenley signed a contract, the first ever signed between a major grower and a farm workers union. The contract insured an immediate raise to a minimum of $1.75 per hour with bonuses for rapid work. Bumper stickers were rear-ranged to read simply "Schenley...

Author: By William C. Bryson, | Title: Strikers Appeal to Old Ties With Mexico But Face Problems of Fatigue and Racism | 9/24/1966 | See Source »

...other actions, the Congress: - Passed, in the Senate, and sent to the President a bill raising the minimum wage for some 30 million workers to $1.40 an hour next February and to $1.60 a year later. Product of long wrangling between Government and organized labor, the bill also extends coverage to some 8,000,000 more employees, notably migratory farm workers. >Slashed, in the House Appropriations Committee, $295 million from the $3.38 billion foreign aid bill requested by the President. In the bill reported out of committee, $200 million was cut from economic aid requests and $95 million from military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Diet of Worms | 9/23/1966 | See Source »

...Phan Quang Dan, 48, another physician (he runs a clinic in Gia Dinh) and a favorite of Americans. Dan cam paigned for free trade unionism, free enterprise and a guaranteed minimum wage, urged meaningful land reform and an unrestrained legal opposition to any civilian government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: A Beginning | 9/23/1966 | See Source »

...into his office daily, including a recent premature request for a copy of his inaugural address, and at least 50 invitations to appear as a speaker. Last week in Austin, practically on the President's front porch, 8,000 Texas farm laborers and sympathizers campaigning for a $1.25 minimum wage burst into a spontaneous cheer: "Viva Kennedy!" In Boston, a crowd of 5,000 turned out to rubberneck as Bobby and a phalanx of Kennedy kin, including Massachusetts' Senator Teddy, showed up to dedicate the $24 million John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Office Building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: The Shadow & the Substance | 9/16/1966 | See Source »

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