Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...exoticism of the Far East, or even the Western lavishness of Las Vegas, where moderately priced sirloins and an hour of Frank Sinatra serve as loss leaders for gaming tables and one-armed bandits. New York has to make its profit in inflated prices and deflated drinks-the minimum at the higher-priced places, such as the Blue Angel and the Latin Quarter, is $7; a highball averages about $1.25. New York has less convention-tickling cheapness than Chicago and more variety than Los Angeles, but a lack of the good-time-Charleyism of San Francisco. While New York probably...
...that, if he received a mandate at all, it was for moderation. He is even relieved by being free to shrug off Democratic extremist elements. The Kennedy Administration plans to present only five or six major pieces of legislation-all dealing with domestic matters and specifically including a minimum-wage increase and medical care for the aged-to the opening Congress...
Hope & Specifics. If Dr. Blake's plan could be translated into practice, the new church would have 17,800,000 members (see box), approximately equaling the Baptists. According to the best estimates, it would take a minimum of ten years to put the plan into effect. This seemed still a bit hasty to Episcopal Layman Charles P. Taft (younger brother of the late Senator Robert A.), who plumped for a slower, looser merger. And Bishop Gerald Kennedy of Los Angeles, president of the Methodist Council of Bishops, thought the Blake proposal vague...
...year of language study at the University is the third possible recommendation, and raising the minimum standard is the fourth...
...Committee on Educational Policy first considered changing the minimum standard last Wednesday, and may continue its discussion at its meeting today. Any decision, however, will not be recommended to the Faculty until the Spring Term; it will then vote any change...