Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...high-speed, four-track toll boulevard between New York City's northern rim and New Haven, Conn. (85 mi.). Two hundred million dollars private capital would construct, maintain and police the project. All crossroads would be bridged over. The centre roadways, divided by a metal fence, would have a minimum speed limit of 35 m. p. h. Slower traffic would move on the outer lanes...
Many an "unexplained" crash of aircraft might be traced to a loosened airfoil control, a weakened cable, faulty lubrication, dirty fuel. To blame: the mechanic. A fact: mechanics are frequently youngsters. An act: last week Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, ruled: "The minimum age requirement for any class of mechanic's license is 18 years . . . the lowest we can permit while keeping in mind the highly important part the mechanic plays in the safe operation of aircraft, and the need for constant vigilance...
...Mississippi's Harrison (Democrats). The conference voting will normally be 6-to-4 for high rates. The conferees will become the final tariff writers. In dispute between the House and Senate are 1,253 items in the bill. The only limitations on the conferees are the maximum and minimum rates proposed by either bill...
...added: "What is probably more significant is that during our task of adjusting wages to secure uniformity* we found it necessary to substantially increase the minimum wage at our Antwerp factory. . . . The response of the worker was almost immediate and was displayed by a reduction of the minute costs. . . . In Denmark, where we pay the highest wages in Europe, we find the lowest unit costs...
...nature of a thesis, on the year's work would not only give the student a chance to gather up the loose ends of learning that he had amassed throughout the year, but would serve as some basis to check up on the work of the individual. A minimum reading requirement with a report at the end of the year would answer the same purpose...