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...Locke pledged to be Washington State's "education Governor," but in January tens of thousands of teachers marched on the state capitol to protest his plan to deny them pay increases, and the Washington Education Association has been running ads accusing him of breaking his word to children. The bleak fiscal situation has also meant no honeymoon for the bumper crop of 24 new Governors elected last year...
...muscling into the last reliable sources of jobs for females--not to mention the management posts. With men around, for women "it's like being an apprentice who never becomes a journeyman," says Tina Abbott, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO in Michigan. Certainly the job market remains bleak. Overall unemployment rose again in April to 6%, with job searches for laid-off workers averaging five months. Half of all job seekers have switched industries over the past year, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Given that the industries with the most openings include nursing and teaching, notes...
...economic news continues to be pretty bleak. Jobless claims rose to their highest levels in a year last Thursday, marking their 10th straight week above 400,000. In recent weeks, cash-strapped states and cities across the country have announced new taxes and painful spending cuts for police, schools and other government services. And despite the war's end and the gradual restoration of order in Baghdad, the Dow has not spiked as some had hoped. Though there are flecks of good news, such as an unexpected rise in purchases of big-ticket items, the grumpy economy is still Bush...
Klein called the President's rhetoric "bleak" and "simple," with even simpler ideas. Bush's ideas, however, have resulted in freeing millions from horrible oppression in less than a month. If this is simplistic, count me in. Bush knows his limits and so has selected the strongest and smartest Cabinet and best advisers in many a presidency. ROBERT STERN Lima, Ohio...
Death Valley. The very name repels. So do the superlatives: the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere (282 ft. below sea level), one of the hottest places on earth (record high: 134°F) and one of the dryest (average annual rainfall: 1.8 in.). A vast stretch of nothingness. Boring. Bleak. Empty. Right...