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...that small companies hire disproportionately more early on in an economic recovery because it's easy for these firms to find good workers while unemployment is still high-and easy for workers to come across small companies since there are so many of them. Once the economy is chugging along at full-steam and the labor market is tight, larger companies regain the advantage, since they're likely able to offer more money-and poach from smaller outfits...
...representation. When he was elected, he was the only current teacher on the committee. During his time on the committee, Schuster said he emphasized civics education and helped start a sub-committee to improve the way the school committee’s decision-making process. Schuster said that he, along with other members, strove to help the committee to work “collectively as one rather than seven individuals fighting for four votes.” Committee member Alfred B. Fantini, who is in his thirteenth term, called Schuster a “bright young man who brought...
...Drop I Hold,” features Alexander sing-speaking over a lazy quasi-hip-hop guitar riff. The mix of the eerie synthesizer and subtle piano licks gives rise to a sense of pensiveness not heard on other tracks. Though it slightly builds cohesion as it goes along, the album lacks much substance or integrity. “200 Million Thousand” is as contradictory as the “flower punk” mantra, featuring tediously rebellious punk-rock anthems with several truly genre-blending gems interspersed. When the Black Lips adhere to their own descriptions...
...music. The band has always had the quality of a hushed guitar-strumming circle in a forest clearing, but after three albums and five years, Vetiver’s “Tight Knit” makes a conscious effort to progress beyond the delicate, relaxed sing-alongs of their freak-folk origins for a more exuberant tone and perky production. Since Vetiver’s first appearance on the national stage in 2004—when their song “Angel’s Share” kicked off the Devendra Banhart-curated compilation...
...Took a plea bargain to avoid life imprisonment and was exiled to Saudi Arabia along with 40 members of his family...