Word: minimums
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...submitted for William and Mary's hypothetical theatre, the judges unanimously chose that of three very young men: Ralph Rapson, 22, Frederic James, 23, and Erro Saarinen, 28, of Cranbrook Academy, Michigan. Their theatre was planned to rest on the sloping bank of a small lake, with a minimum of excavation-a balanced set of simple building-masses rimmed by open terraces. The interior gracefully conformed to requirements with: 1) a stage adaptable to every kind of entertainment, 2) ample dressing and property rooms, 3) wide aisles and plenty of leg room, 4) full visibility and sound acoustics...
Lowering of the minimum retiring age from 65 to 60 is also suggested, in order that the University "may, if it wishes, make room for the more rapid cedure put forward is the establishment promotion of gifted younger...
Assistant professors should have a flexible rank and salary, with economics in high ranks for the benefit of lower ones, and the minimum retiring age lowered from...
...League of Nations' Technical Commission on Nutrition, headed by Britain's famed Sir Edward Mellanby, met in August to find out exactly how much a man must eat in order to stay alive. Last week the Lancet printed the nutritionists' report. The report suggested a basic minimum diet for war-torn countries which would tickle no palates and fill no stomachs but would maintain life for an indefinite period of time, and prevent such serious deficiency diseases as scurvy, pellagra, anemia, rickets...
Last week, American-Hawaiian and Luckenbach Steamship companies, largest and most potent in the conference, indignantly withdrew. They hoped that the U. S. Maritime Commission, having failed to persuade intercoastal lines to regulate their own rates, would end throat-cutting for all time by exerting its power to fix minimum tariffs, which dates back in 1933 but has never been exercised...