Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MINIMUM WAGES. Nixon announced that he would veto a bill passed by Congress setting the minimum wage at $2.20 an hour. That rate, an increase of 38% over the present $1.60 minimum, "would give an enormous boost to inflation" and might "deny employment opportunities to unskilled and younger workers" by requiring employers to pay more than their services are worth. Nixon said that he will ask Congress to write a new bill...
...handicapped; a requirement for Senate confirmation of the present and any future director and deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget; a ban on the use of congressionally appropriated funds to pay for bombing in Cambodia; emergency medical care; and, last week, an increase in the minimum wage from $1.60 an hour to $2.20. So far, Congress has been unable to muster the forces to override the vetoes, and more vetoes are sure to come. Certain to be rejected by the President, if Congress passes them, are two bills that would circumscribe his power. One would limit...
...room had on child development. The children tested by the psychologists expressed a strong preference for play areas much larger than anyone had expected, and 90% were not completely satisfied until they were allowed at least 77 sq. yds. each. As a result, the Munich institute has developed its minimum playspace requirements; it now recommends space ranging from 3.6 sq. yds. for infants under two years to 24 sq. yds. for those between seven and nine. In smaller spaces children's mental performance and social behavior deteriorate...
...Ervin committee lawyers immediately fired back a motion for summary judgment, asking Sirica to rule on their request with a minimum of further proceedings. They noted that the committee had received evidence, principally from former White House Counsel John Dean, that the President was involved in a crime-the Watergate cover-up-but that he refused to give up the tapes and memoranda that might exonerate him. The committee insisted that the subpoena was well within its "mandate and responsibility to ferret out all the facts regarding the Watergate affair, both to aid the Senate in its legislative function...
...purse is $100,000, winner take all, but the victor will likely get a minimum of $200,000 and the loser $100,000 because of shares in the ancillary rights-everything from buttons (Bobby Riggs-Bleah!) to popcorn. Thus, the players' pot will set a tennis record. And, though King is reluctant to join in the hoopla, though she tries to avoid responding to the sexist gambit that has become Riggs' credo (see box page 56), she is not above capitalizing on the happening. Recently she filmed an electric-shaver commercial with Riggs. Set in a Boeing...