Word: minimum
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...removal of the entire breast and underarm lymph nodes -- struck some doctors as extreme. The reason: her tumor was just a quarter-inch in diameter -- small enough to have been safely excised by a less disfiguring operation called a lumpectomy, in which the tumor is removed along with a minimum of surrounding tissue. The First Lady also chose to have the surgery immediately after her breast was biopsied. According to prevailing medical wisdom, it is better to wait a few days so that the biopsied tissue can be thoroughly examined and several treatment options considered...
Poverty and hunger no longer affect only the unemployed but also attack many full-time minimum wage earners, who make on average $6968 per year--$2000 under the poverty level, according to the report which is the fourth in a series of PTFHA reports...
...study suggested a 23-point plan to solve the nation's hunger problem, including expanding relief groups and raising the minimum wage to meet inflated consumer prices. The report also recommended correlating the minimum wage to cost-of-living increases in the future, as well as extending unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed...
...resounding defeat of his Radical Civic Union Party in midterm elections. The vote, which was viewed as a referendum on the administration's handling of the economy, left Alfonsin without a majority in Congress. After consultations with the opposition Peronist party, Alfonsin promised a 75% increase in the minimum wage, to $87 a month, even as he froze all other wages...
...giving Harvard the support it has needed to make it one of the top teams in the East. She has helped lead the 11th-ranked Crimson to an impressive 6-1-3 record. Barry has been instrumental in keeping the attack on goalie Co-Captain Tracee Whitley to a minimum. Until Tuesday's loss to UMass, only one goal had been scored upon the Crimson...