Word: minimum
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...Today's players are influenced, in part, by sums of money that have grown wildly out of proportion - money in such quantities that it cannot do other than create an aura of invincibility. While Ruth was the first pro athlete to make more than the President, the NBA's minimum salary is now greater than the sum the U.S. pays its commander in chief. At the same time, sports teams and leagues have become larger and wealthier - and, perhaps, unwilling to rein in the stars who are creating that wealth. Maybe the suspension handed out to Rocker - considered tough...
Under cover of night, a white bus marked SHERIFF PRISONER TRANSPORT pulls into a sprawling concrete compound with a cargo of new fish--convict slang for first-timers. The passengers are segregated by iron grilles into minimum-, medium- and maximum-security seating. They cannot see the shadowy outline of the snow-capped Wasatch mountains because the only windows on the bus are narrow and situated high above their heads. The bus lurches to a stop, and an officer cheerily calls out, "Welcome to jail. Does anyone want to be handcuffed...
...organizations would be required to maintain a minimum number of members and house advisers and either become co-ed or affiliate with an opposite-sex organization. CFS members would also have to fulfill a community service requirement...
Because they don't have the minimum membership or simply don't want to follow these rules, likely several CFS groups will disband or be de-recognized by the school...
...falloff in Russian confidence may have been inevitable, since the early successes of the war came in the absence of much Chechen resistance. That allowed Moscow to project the idea of a "clean" war in which Russian casualties are kept to a minimum and the militants are routed by cannon and air power. "But in the end, Putin faces the same problems as his predecessors in the last war," says Meier. "You can pursue the strategy of bombing and shelling from a distance only so far. It hasn't worked in Grozny." It's now clear that the capital...