Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Montville said on-going construction work uniting Eliot and Kirkland dining halls with a common kitchen made it difficult to keep track of people on the work-site. Montville said he suspects that the van was hotwired since the keys were locked away at the time of the theft...
Perhaps the most common of family benefits is flexible scheduling, or flextime, which permits employees to adjust their working hours to meet personal needs. In some 60% of U.S. workplaces, employees are allowed some leeway in when they work. Typically, a flextime employee comes to the office earlier or later than the standard time and then works a full eight-hour day. In Oak Brook, Ill., computer workers at the Official Airline Guides publishing firm can cluster their hours, and work from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. three days a week. Other companies adjust hours on a case...
Traditionally, giving birth has been the common reason for taking a family leave. More than half of U.S. firms offer some form of maternity leave. But a growing number of companies are broadening the policy to give fathers parental leave or to let workers have time off to care for sick children or parents. Southern New England Telephone guarantees the employee's job for up to six months of unpaid parental leave. Mike Liquori, 34, a customer-service representative, took a four-month leave starting last October to care for his infant son Luke after his wife's maternity leave...
...rabbis willing to bypass tradition? Some cite humanitarian reasons. Rabbi Fredric Dworkin of Leonia, N.J., first broke ranks 20 years ago, when an obese Jewish woman who had experienced difficulty finding a mate pleaded, "This might be my only chance at happiness." A more common argument is presented by Rabbi Richard Schachet, whose Chatsworth, Calif., synagogue consists almost entirely of the intermarried. "Every Jew who is turned away is a potential loss," he says. While opponents see intermarriages as a threat to Jewish survival, rabbis who perform them reason that the couples will wed anyway and a friendly approach...
Adultery is one of the most common transgressions. Callers admit their guilt over affairs with friends and next-door neighbors by voicing apologies intended for spouses. Others atone for past failings. Declared a recovered alcoholic: "I would like to apologize to all the people I hurt in my 18 years as an addict...