Word: minimum
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...Question Two would require banks, insurance companies and publicly traded corporations to disclose information from their state tax returns. In a state where 50,000 corporations still pay the minimum state tax of $456, it makes sense to check if everyone is playing by the rules...
...Perot, whose potential impact on the 1992 race is still unclear. Generally written off when he re-entered the campaign on Oct. 1, Perot profited from his three blunt, engaging debate performances and his well-received, 30-minute TV commercials. Holding his public appearances and press conferences to a minimum, Perot has nonetheless seen his ratings climb from single digits into figures that in such states as New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas and California approach those of Bush...
Students should be willing to sacrifice a tiny bit. That means using dining hall cups even though they may be inconveniently small. It also means turning off lights, closing windows and keeping water use to a minimum...
Clinton's defenders dismiss the allegations that he is cavalier about the working conditions. "Bill is not insensitive to the hard, tough nature of those jobs," argues his spokeswoman, Betsey Wright. "I recall at least one brutal public piece of warfare where Bill made a comment about these near- minimum-wage jobs, and the entire poultry industry came down on our heads very hard...
...industry nearly tripled from 1960 to 1987, yet pay rose only half as fast as chicken prices did during that time, according to a 1989 report by the Institute for Southern Studies. Most chicken laborers are unskilled and barely educated; their only alternative in many cases would be a minimum-wage...