Word: climbing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deck of an aircraft carrier, for example, the body is crushed against the back of the seat and the wind roars in the ears. "You forget the whole thing's bolted to the concrete floor," says David Figgins, a program manager at Honeywell. "I've seen top guns climb out wringing wet. I've seen seasoned pilots throw...
...postindustrial economy, the majority of positions require more education and skill than ever before. As a result, the number of minimum-wage earners has dropped from 12.8% of all hourly workers in 1981 to 7.9% in 1987. Yet these jobs represent stepping-stones for many people trying to climb out of the economic underclass. A hike in the minimum wage, many economists point out, would eliminate opportunities for people who are less well educated or just entering the job market. Low-paying training jobs that provide work experience and employment skills will be the first to go, contends Marvin Kosters...
...video. Out on some piece of road in Wartrace, Tenn., he grabs his guitar and starts lip- syncing the words to I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried. He stops what little traffic there is. Drivers and passengers, none of them recognizable to anyone but their neighbors, climb out of cars, pickups and delivery trucks to join in the song. They all smile, mostly at one another, and dance around...
...studies predict that while minority student enrollment may climb to 30 percent, the percentage of minority teachers in the field may lag behind...
...region's thirst will only grow: California's population is expected to climb from 27 million to 36 million over the next two decades. That will require an increase in water use of 1.3 million acre-feet a year.* To meet this daunting future demand, the California department of waterworks has proposed $700 million worth of new dams, aqueducts and other works. That plan, however, is widely dismissed as unaffordable and unnecessary: one study calculates that it could deliver water only at a cost of over $500 an acre- foot, twice the present price for Southern California's coastal cities...