Word: minimum
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...fund-raiser—the last one that Kerry will attend before the election—required a minimum donation of $1,000 to attend the pre-dinner cocktail reception and $5,000 to attend the entire program...
...them down the hierarchy, causing some to dub it la cremallera (the zipper). He canned the previous government's pharaonic €4 billion plan to divert water from the Ebro River in the north to drier regions further south, proposing a more modest desalinization program instead. He increased the minimum wage, pledged to do the same for pensions, and launched an unprecedented war against the dark side of Spanish machismo, stiffening laws against domestic violence and proposing the legalization of gay marriage and rapid, no-fault divorces. A radical democrat committed to feminism is a major departure for Spanish politics...
...perhaps even the suggestion that the world should one day vote would be enough to inspire a higher turnout come November. Maybe Americans would be so appalled by my idea that they actually got themselves to a polling place to make sure foreign influence was kept to a minimum. Fair enough. I just hope they realize that their vote affects the rest of us. Whether we like...
Woodlock hinted at Thursday’s hearing that the minimum damages assessed to Shleifer and Hay would be the salaries that “they themselves received” while advising the Russia program...
...What the federal minimum wage, currently $5.15, would be if it had grown at the same rate since...