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...report from UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center found that American-born laborers in "brown-collar" jobs--that is, jobs disproportionately held by Hispanic immigrants--earn 11% less than workers in comparable occupations. The study says the limited political power of Hispanic cooks, painters and gardeners creates a wage drag. Says Chon Noriega, the center's director: "The only way we can address this inequity is to give Hispanics the same protections as other workers...
DIED. ELISABETH WELCH, 99, American-born expatriate cabaret and jazz singer, adored by Cole Porter, Noel Coward and Paris cafe society; outside London. A hit on the London stage, she later took her mellow voice to New York City; she made a splash in Porter's New Yorkers by singing Love for Sale, a song about prostitution. In the 1980s she won acclaim for her one-woman show A Time to Start Living and the musical revue Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood...
...Died. Elisabeth Welch, 99, American-born cabaret singer who found acclaim in Europe for stage performances of such hits as Cole Porter's Love for Sale; in London. American audiences discovered Welch's warm style after she returned to the U.S. to perform...
...Crimson suggested, everyone thought following Conant’s resignation that “Harvard’s next president will, in all probability, be a white, Protestant, Boston-born, Harvard-educated, University Faculty member, between 36 and 52 years old. At least, all his American-born predecessors have been...
DIED. J. PAUL GETTY JR., 70, reclusive philanthropist and one of five sons of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, in his day considered the richest man in the world; after being treated for a chest infection; in London. Though American-born, Getty loved and primarily patronized Britain, officially changing his citizenship in 1997. Known in his youth as a man fond of drugs and parties, Getty withdrew, focusing on art and philanthropy, after two personal tragedies: the loss of his second wife to a drug overdose and the kidnapping for five months of his then 17-year...