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...good to center on these areas where we think the higher-paying jobs are held by illegal aliens," explained INS Spokesman Vern Jervis. "These kinds of jobs seem to be attractive to unemployed Americans." To help U.S. citizens get those jobs, the agency tried to keep local employment offices abreast of what businesses had been raided and how many jobs had opened...
...computers-from complex telecommunications systems to pocket calculators-and their use by both giant corporations and the smallest retail businesses have hit our society with the velocity of a true technological revolution. Lifestyles, as well as thought processes, are subject to the impact of the microchip. To keep readers abreast of this fast-developing scene, TIME is pleased to unveil its Computers department...
...professional advising, and being regularly available to advice students. Setting a tone involves continual attention to the House as a living community hosting social events and supporting House extracurricular life Day today operations include attention to the budget and "crisis management." Finally, representing the House externally means keeping abreast of College policy, attending faculty meetings and acting as Bok's spokesman to students...
...behalf, performed a full range of ceremonial chores last week. Telegrams were sent to North Korean Leader Kim II Sung, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and French President Francois Mitterrand. At the same time, a number of Muscovites claimed to have seen Brezhnev's black ZIL limousine, security abreast, speeding toward the Kremlin. One unidentified Russian also reported seeing the Soviet leader visiting the Granovsky Street clinic in Moscow, where Brezhnev is customarily examined by his doctors...
...finance the cost of new equipment, plant expansion or acquisitions, and pay off the loans later with cheaper dollars. From 1975 to 1981, the amount of corporate debt doubled, to $1.2 trillion. Now, however, companies are strapped for cash to finance slow-moving inventories, pay dividends and keep abreast of ever rising interest bills...