Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sales to members did not reach the 50 per cent minimum, the Coop will have to pay state taxes on its entire profit...
...University has a minimum of gallery spaces for use by students, and virtually all its space was too small for the planned exhibition. The only area which was both suitable and available was the lobby of Gund Hall, customarily used for the display of work relating to the Graduate School of Design. Money was a more significant problem. The University has no funds allotted specifically for undergraduate exhibitions, nor would they make any available. The entire cost of the exhibition--upwards of four hundred dollars for publicity, installation and the opening--was met by interested individuals. Fully three-quarters...
...original Swiss system, the flywheel (housed in a vacuum chamber to reduce friction from the air) will be used to produce electricity for the vehicle's 150-h.p. motor rather than to drive the wheels directly. If the flywheel's speed drops below its normal operational minimum (6,000 r.p.m.), the motor can be operated on power from overhead electric lines. Simultaneously, this power source-or in the future, underground transformers-can also be used to spin up the flywheel again...
Many very Greek things are maintained in this play. Instrumental music is supplied by a single flutist, Vivian Ducat, as was done in Athens. There are no set changes and scenery is kept to a minimum. Most importantly, the language is maintained so that when we hear a rush of flowing Greek words, we know instinctively what they mean in a way that could not be reproduced by any other words...
...University claimed that it did not need to employ 20 women, because seven men could do the same work--without a minimum wage. The University saved $2000 per year by firing the 20 janitors without notice or severance pay, as well as avoiding paying the $600 per year that the legally-required raise would have cost. A committee of alumni concerned about the firings had good reason to damn the administration's acts as "Harsh, stingy, socially insensitive, and considerably short of the highest ethical standards of the time...