Word: minimum
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Brennan said he feels the money the project raises can make a critical difference because when he was homeless he was unable to save enough money from working at minimum wage jobs to get off the streets...
Given the poor return he is likely to get from trying to collect these taxes under the current laws, Clinton's second strategy might be to impose a "presumptive tax" of some sort, possibly a minimum levy on the total sales -- rather than profits -- of foreign companies in the U.S. But that kind of policy could backfire mightily. Germany has declared that if Clinton imposes such new taxation, Bonn will retaliate against local subsidiaries of American firms. With global trade tensions already at a fever pitch and foreign companies increasingly unhappy with conditions in the U.S., any further discouragement...
...bypassed the French Open, with its two weeks of endless running on clay, since 1988, and the Australian Open, in Down Under swelter that can reach 140 degreesF on court, since 1989. She takes a three-month spring break, plays no-pressure exhibitions in midsummer and enters a minimum number of tournaments to meet the rules. Next year, when many people expected that she would emphasize doubles, at which she is the best ever, she will focus on singles instead. "Doubles," she says, "is something I can come back to when I'm older...
...best was President Ford's Economic Policy Board. "Ours worked for two reasons," says William Seidman, the former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman who ran the board. "First, Ford insisted that no decisions be made until they passed through the board's processes, which kept end runs to a minimum. Second, ((Treasury Secretary)) Bill Simon wasn't interested in running the day-to-day operation. He forcefully presented Treasury's view but never pulled rank. He was satisfied to be the Administration's public spokesman," a role Simon had codified in the presidential Executive Order creating the board...
...program would preserve a role for insurance companies, which would provide plans with minimum benefits packages set by the government, Wellstone said. Consumers would choose among the plans, he said...