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September 2005 will set a new record minimum in the amount of Arctic sea ice cover.

The primary components are having some type of water, a minimum of one gallon of water per person per day.

I would stress that the $805 million is enough to cope, to meet the minimum requirements of these children. It's not luxury and it is also not emergencies that happen after today.

I would stress that the $US805 million ($1.08 billion) is enough to cope, to meet the minimum requirements of these children. It's not luxury and it is also not emergencies that happen after today.

I would stress that the $US805 million ($A1.08 billion) is enough to cope, to meet the minimum requirements of these children. It's not luxury and it is also not emergencies that happen after today.

He is still concerned that increasing the minimum wage twice in less than a year will undermine Rhode Island's effort to grow the economy.

Given the fact that Maine has raised its minimum wage each year for the last five years, that our minimum wage is currently $1.35 above the federal minimum wage and that Maine experienced a net loss of 600 jobs in 2005, one would wonder how it could possibly be true that raising the minimum wage again is going to improve our economy.

Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.

I am surprised that folks in general seem a bit peeved that their minimum payment may soon be rising. I think it is a wonderful thing, frankly the first real pro-consumer move this industry has made in my adult lifetime.

For students in Iowa, I think it sends the wrong message. I think it undermines our credibility when in one area we have the authority to set standards, we have such a minimum that is, in my opinion, embarrassing.

Full-time workers earning the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 only earn about $14,500 a year in wages - below the poverty line for a family of two. That's unacceptable.

For restaurants that have a minimum gratuity charge on large groups, the IRS will now count those tips as regular wages rather than traditional tips that we are all familiar with when we dine out. Ask any server, and they will tell you that this will directly affect their day-to-day lifestyle.

I am concerned, frankly, about the size and last-minute nature of this year's congressional spending spree, where they seem to be loading up the spending bills with special projects for special interests, but can't seem to find the time to raise the minimum wage, or pass a patients' bill of rights, or drug benefits for our seniors through Medicare, or tax cuts for long-term care, child care, or college education,

Given this irreversible trend, we believe we will soon exceed the minimum of 5.6 million signatures required by the Constitution to set the People's Initiative in motion.

If it shows anything, it shows that for whatever reason, and perhaps part of it was the timing, was that officials were not just very successful in mobilizing voters. If you can't even mobilize your governor, then don't complain about the person barely making minimum wage who decides he's not going to leave work early and wait in line somewhere in order to go vote,

I believe the Palestinians have never indicated a willingness to meet our minimum requirements, which are recognition of Israel's permanence and legitimacy as a Jewish state and end of claims and end of conflict.

But, as ever, with each minimum wage increase comes the predictable wave of protests from business saying that it cannot afford another rise.

Businesses, small businesses restaurants, service businesses can take a credit off of the minimum wage for the tips that certain employees receive and this is prevalent throughout the US.

But the existing facilities are far from enough to meet the minimum of their demands.

I have an awful lot of girls on my two teams, and there used to be a paradigm that girls cannot do math. But all these kids are honors students, and you have to constantly keep challenging them. Otherwise they'll get lazy, roll over and do the minimum to get an A.

To FIFA such transactions fall well short of minimum standards of decency. We can no longer merely accept them. Nor shall we.

What I hear is not the message I would like to hear from the government, that peaceful protests is a right and should be upheld and security forces should use only absolute minimum force in maintaining law and order.

What we generally find is there is a minimum amount that must be spent to be competitive. If you're going to play, you're going to have to be willing to pay.

We told him a long time ago that the building had to be torn down and he'd get a minimum of three years' notice. He actually got an extra year out of it.

We think a minimum of 90 days is better.

We rent them now for a minimum of six months, not a few days.

Hundreds of juveniles, from a minimum age of 12 have been detained. The number of 12 to 14 year olds is very small, but in the 14 to 18 bracket as far as I know we're talking about hundreds.

Hun Sen has found himself under pressure and he is doing the minimum possible to keep the donors happy.

He was barely minimum weight. He used to drink supplements and eat seconds on everything.

I always accepted the libertarian position of minimum regulation in the sale and use of firearms because I placed guns under the beneficial rubric of minimal restrictions on individuals.

He went down there to work because there's no work up here except for minimum wage. He was trying to better himself. I heard he was doing good and got an apartment with a friend. He was on his way.

He has a fracture in his ankle so you're talking about a minimum of six weeks out.

Going to a movie is a two-hour experience; at $7.50 for a ticket, you are valuing your time at far less than the minimum wage. If you don't understand the film, don't leave. If you understand it all too well and hate it, get out of your seat and walk up the aisle. You will feel empowered.

Going from an agricultural zoning of a minimum 10 acres to one acre lots is a huge change. It's more in the best interest of the developer; it's not in the best interest of the community.

The purpose of the minimum wage is not to give somebody earning $25 an hour a $2-an-hour raise.

He'll probably throw a minimum of two innings (at the all-star game).

Regarding the lack of atmosphere a Premiership grounds, it is staggering that this comes as a surprise to anyone. What do you expect when a ticket costs an average seven minimum wage working hours, or one day's work? When only lawyers and bank managers can reasonably afford to attend matches do not expect the camaraderie of the working man's club in the stands

Really, sometimes it's just aim, fire and go for it, ... On the flow sheet, I'll say I want to cover a minimum of 10 species, and I carry it with me and make notes on what it eats, where its found, and what's cool or common about it.

Our organization is opposed to any increase in the minimum wage. The marketplace should set the minimum wage and we feel ... that it will cause job losses in the state.

Our lot prices last year were about $50,000 to $60,000 under comparable lots in Canby and Oregon City, which makes our prices look very, very attractive compared to those places. ... Lot prices (this year in Big Meadow) are probably going to go up around $15,000 over what they were last year, which means our minimum prices are going to go up.

Our members, six to one, oppose establishing a state minimum wage. There are members who believe the market should determine the wages. And the market does a good job of it.

People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy hada life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.

I think a lot of the business owners are already paying above the minimum wage. The minimum wage is strictly a number that is set. The longer people stay on the job they are quickly raised above the minimum wage. I don't see us having a lot of seasonal jobs in the community. Most of our jobs are pretty steady.

I think what we want to do is make sure that the people who are buying handguns have a clean record and at a minimum aren't people who have been convicted of criminal activity in the past, even if it is a misdemeanor activity.

I think what we're going to hear is that we didn't meet the basic, minimum standards required for a facility such as the one we had in Benghazi. And the request for more security personnel went unheeded, unanswered, and consequently, you know, you have the death of four Americans.

I remind the government of its international obligation to respect the right of peaceful assembly, and I remind its security forces of their obligation to use only minimum necessary force.

J&J made a bid that was the minimum bid to be considered in the game. Now Boston is testing whether they need to go higher. I think they will if they need to, but if $68 is J&J's price, why pay more now?

Judging by the sharp fall, you could say there was a moment of panic, but we didn't stay at minimum levels for long. It just looked like some wanted to square their positions at any cost.

It (credible minimum deterrent) reflects our response to a dynamic and changing security environment.

It is apparent that they never had any intention of applying filters, the bare minimum they needed to continue to operate the system. Their response is an insult to the court, the public and all artists whose work is being illegally traded on the system.

I think the most important is to stick to the fourth draft, try to make minimum changes and not to engage major surgery to the draft,

I think there will be extreme disappointment that they are asking for another 18 months minimum to fix Japan.

Retailers generally do not break minimum advertised price levels in ... video game software.

Road accessibility will remain a major challenge, and it is expected that there will be a continued need for a minimum of five or six helicopters until at least September.

Over the past half-dozen years they've spent almost $2 billion in various kinds of safeguards, to make sure that people are registered correctly, to make sure that there's minimum opportunity for fraud on the voting cards, to have as much of a foolproof conduct of the election as possible,

other U.S. competitors who provide a commodity product with the barest minimum of service.

Our average DNA case is a minimum of a month or more.

Our goal is to cut through all of the hype and misinformation and provide the most comprehensive, easiest to use and effective methods that will produce healthy returns with a minimum of risk.

I tell them (to give me the ball) all the time, but I keep it to a minimum to not sound so greedy. I'm a team player. I always think I can do the job, but in some cases somebody else might be better for the job.

I think we're talking a minimum of 20 years and maybe 30 since something like this happened.

I think you'll find that minimum wage is pretty much dictated by the market.

It appears the vehicle went off the righthand side of the road and rolled a minimum of four times,

I think it's critical that we offer minimum wage limits to all these jobs,

We not only meet, but exceed the standards. It's not a problem for us. We're really confident that we will more than meet the minimum requirements.

When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.

Yeah, we talk about the difference in the money all the time. The minimum salary now I think is $230,000. It?s amazing how much the game has grown in that regard, but once I get there, he will get some of that.

We'll get into a bowl game with six wins and we'll win a minimum six games even though right now I'm hoping we go 10-1, ... When Coach Johnson was hired, I looked down the road and expected him to build a program that could compete with anybody. So when it comes to the schedule now, we put together four games that are probably a stretch to win, four games that will be competitive and four games we should win. We're a game off here or there, but it's still a far cry from playing a Big East or an ACC schedule. That won't happen.

Those backers of the drive can take great pride in knowing that it was their effort that helped urge lawmakers to approve the increase in the minimum wage.

We know it will be an uphill battle. Establishing a state minimum wage higher than the federal wage will actually hurt job creation and the very people it's supposed to help, the entry-level workers.

I worry about what we got, ... I worry about what we got to work with. I feel real good with the players we have. We got to go out, keep mistakes to a minimum and playing winning football. Simple as that. If we do that, I think we'll be just fine.

I would like to take this opportunity to record here my belief that one should take a minimum of care and preparation over first experiments.

The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it's to do more. It is to raise the minimum wage. It is to increase, not dismantle, the earned income tax credit. It is to make college more affordable for more middle class families, not more expensive. These are the things that grow our middle class.

The American Red Cross recommends that you have (a minimum of) a gallon of water per family member in your households per day.

We have an excellent case without the witness, but the witnesses will help you. We have narrowed it down to three, a pitiful three, and I should think you would want to proceed with that minimum testimony.

With the way the labor market is, with unemployment so low and businesses in Tucson really having to go above and beyond what they usually do to attract potential workers, raising the minimum wage is not going to help that at all. I would say that the average business in Tucson is already paying above the minimum wage.

We have to keep our mistakes to a minimum and not worry about what happened the last three games, ... Even if we were 3-0, we still couldn't worry about what we did in the last three games. We can't let it go to our heads whether we are 3-0 or 0-3.

We have to look at the strategic plan for the district and we try to bring that together in a package that will meet those standards, with a minimum burden to the tax payers as possible.

We have been trying to do a minimum increase of 3 percent. This demonstrates to the state that we are showing some commitment to continue to add local funding.

We have a minimum amount of manpower in the state of Montana, but we have a maximum amount of cooperation.

We have a minimum amount of risk for a really substantial reward,

We have a minimum standard that we've set that reflects on the professionals in our sport, and you're going to do it, ... We're certain that it will be complied with.

The $5 minimum wage was a moment of real innovation.

The Alternative Minimum Tax represents the single biggest threat to the wallets of tens of millions of middle-class taxpayers in 2006, yet Congress could not even agree to extend temporary safeguards from this stealth tax for another year.

The 37.5-hour week is more of a minimum baseline these days. There is an expectation by many employers that you will give 5 to 10 percent above that to get the job done and to get ahead.

Wilson adventured for the whole of the human race. Not as a servant, but as a champion. So pure was this motive, so unfrocked with anything that his worst enemies could find, except the mildest and most excusable, a personal vanity, practically the minimum to be human, that in a sense his adventure is that of humanity itself. In Wilson, the whole of mankind breaks camp, sets out from home and wrestles with the universe and its gods.

We have offered $2 million to start out with, and then every year going forward, a percentage of our gross with a minimum of $500,000.

That will allow us to fingerprint the otters to determine the minimum amount of otter in a stretch. That will really help us refine our population model.

Understand that the credit-card company is trying to trick you into running up a bigger balance or paying late. Don't fall for their tricks. Pay on time, as early as possible. And don't just make the minimum payment.

We can say we're trying to reduce the risk to the minimum but there is no such thing as risk-free,

Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision.

We're careful about not announcing anything until we're reasonably certain it will come here. Our intention is to always take the minimum amount of risk to deliver what our subscribers are looking for.

We'll be out of power, they said, minimum a month,

We do students a disservice to send the message that it is acceptable to drop out of school when they are 16 years old. A high school diploma is a minimum requirement for future success, and we will continue to press for changing the compulsory school attendance age.

We carried a large number of students and it exceeded the minimum standards for our routes.

We really need to find out, No. 1, the characteristics of these people, and No. 2, how many of them are earning minimum wage and accessing public assistance.

That was the minimum donation for anyone who came,

We've seen what happens when the federal government hasn't done much of anything in advance. If you want to be prepared for the maximum credible catastrophic event, you should be thinking seven days, not just the minimum of three days.

When I turned 15, I left school having failed to make the minimum grade. With little direction I enlisted at the local culinary school. Here the academic demands were less rigorous.

There are no minimum royalty rates, there are no enforcement provisions, there are no required inspections, there are no limits on the size or duration of leases, no requirement that operation plans be approved,

What we need at the bare minimum is an industry-wide code to stop what amounts to store card mis-selling and we are surprised that the Competition Commission stops well short of calling for this.