Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Esme, intelligent and more widely informed than most diplomats, had acquired the art of spreading goodwill without getting his name unpleasantly into headlines. He was a graceful and indefatigable public speaker. He managed to reduce to a minimum those international controversies which keep an ambassador annoyingly busy at his job. The major issue between the U. S. and Britain, beside trade disputes, was Prohibition and its enforcement on the high seas, but Sir Esme on his departure insisted that this question never created "tension" between the two countries. His final achievement had been in setting the stage for the visit...
...this refers, of course, to the existence in Australia of one of the most daringly Socialistic governments possessed by any English-speaking community, a Labor Government supporting the high Australian minimum wage law. With other alarmed British authorities The Commercial asks: "Is Her Standard of Living too High?" but of course the cautious Commercial does not, like some other commentators, accuse Australians of being Socialistic loafers...
...that the submarine is a purely defensive weapon seems to us difficult to reconcile with the offensive use which has been made of it at great distances from its home ports. The contention that it is a less costly weapon which affords a maximum of strategic value for a minimum of outlay must be considered in the light of the knowledge that the submarine is three or four times as costly, ton for ton, as the largest type of surface craft and approximately twice as costly as the largest ships...
...grounds and of buildings a few years ago was respectively $225,000,000 and $908,000,000. The total number of students in American colleges and universities increased from about 110,000 in 1899-1900 to about 900,000 in 1927-8. The number of institutions with a minimum endowment of $2,000,000 is about 100. If the American people are not the best educated in the world, certainly the fault is not due to a lack of facilities. The states have been most liberal, and wealthy Americans, from John D. Rockefeller down, have lavished millions on the intellectual...
...making of an officer. Furthermore, Naval Science has unfortunately been branded as a snap course, offering an easy grade and, if the undergraduate so desires, a pleasant summer cruise. Compulsory drill every week will have the added advantage of discouraging the student seeking "gentlemen" grades with a minimum expenditure of energy...