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...that may be the least of the governor's worries. With less than a year to go before the 2007 primary, Fletcher's challenge is to keep from losing his job the old-fashioned way: in the voting booth. "There is a real chance he can lose the primary," said longtime political writer Al Cross, who now heads a rural journalism institute at the University of Kentucky. "He lacks the confidence, apparently, of most of the leaders of his party...
...workers to fill the lowliest jobs, and employers must pay more to attract them. At a large job market in downtown Shenzhen, hundreds of positions are posted on bulletin boards and rows of recruiters wait to collect applications, but the trail of employment seekers is frustratingly short. At one booth, recruiter Zhong Man says entry-level salaries at her Shenzhen-based apparel company have doubled in the past two years to $250 a month, but that hasn't alleviated a chronic staff shortage. "It's a little harder to find average workers these days, because the development of the interior...
...their regular fix. So public-health officials and consumer advocates are taking lessons from the antismoking movement. Not only are they pushing for laws to curb young people's access to salons, but some have gone so far as to suggest raising taxes at the tanning booth. Lawsuits against the industry are also part of the strategy. In June, the first class action for indoor-tanning consumer fraud was filed against Hollywood Tanning Systems, in Mount Laurel, N.J., which operates one of the largest tanning chains in the U.S. The suit accuses the company of promoting UV lamps...
...Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (1989) follows two guitar-playing high schoolers as they travel through time in a magic phone booth, nabbing historical figures—such as Socrates and Lincoln—to use in a history class presentation. Van Halen references outnumber complete sentences in this ’80s classic; it’s the pseudo-unintentional comedy of the last 20 years, and booze only makes it better...
...Guzzle rum whenever the characters scream in their time-travelling phone booth...