Word: casualities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hype Williams' Belly), performed high-profile duets (with Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill), and dodged death (when his friend and fellow New Yorker Biggie Smalls was shot and killed in 1997, Nas went into virtual seclusion, fearing for his life). He's proud but not bombastic, he's casual in tone but almost always serious in content, and although his raps are deeply personal, he strives for the prophetic. He's a craftsman of words; he wants to tell a story, communicate ideas, not just spew rhymes, rage and attitude. Ultimately the ambition of his lyrics and themes...
...University and they live in cities and towns throughout the Boston area, in other parts of the country and in other parts of the world. In any given week, there are as many as 1,200-1,500 individuals working in short-term positions on the University's casual payroll. Who is hired for these positions and how much they are paid is at the discretion of local managers...
...last year, the University has been engaged in an extensive review of its casual workforce and has also worked with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) to resolve a number of issues related to these employees. Similarly, contracting for outside services is decentralized, meaning that there are hundreds of individuals throughout the University who are empowered to decide how much to pay for a job they need done...
...Capri pants are casual women s slacks which reach to the lower calf. The term derives from capric acid, an organic acid (C10H20O2) found as a glyceride in goat fat. Capri pants earned their name in England in the 1920s when a gentleman remarked that a woman wearing ankle-length summer pants looked like a pudgy goat...
...This term refers to "casual workers," who work less than three months or less than 17.5 hours week, and subcontracted workers...