Word: coverer
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...addition to taking advantage of the perks associated with the program, fellows are required to teach a special study group and do their own research. Designed to encourage Harvard students to enter politics. the not-for-credit groups cover topics in state, local and national government...
...which is still tied up in court proceedings and renewed OSHA regulatory hearings, began reasonably enough. An OSHA ruling, effective in 1985, ordered manufacturers and importers of hazardous chemicals to inform workers of the dangers. In August 1987, under court order, the hazard communication standard (HCS) was expanded to cover 70 million employees of 4.5 million companies that merely use the chemicals. The paperwork to inform so many people of every conceivable peril is enough to swamp some small businesses; florists, for instance, may need ten to 20 pieces of paper per petal that has been treated with chemicals...
Entertainment shows, meanwhile, are facing a cost squeeze. Hollywood producers, who must negotiate with the tight-fisted networks over fees to cover their production costs, are avoiding shows with elaborate action scenes and expensive locations (partly because such shows are doing poorly on the rerun market). "I sit in on development meetings," says Harris Katleman, president of 20th Century Fox Television Production. "I don't let someone develop a Star Wars. It would be crazy. We don't do westerns either, and we don't do big shows that require locations, car crashes and lots of stunts...
...coming up profits anyway for doomsayer Ravi Batra, 45, the economics professor at Southern Methodist University who wrote The Great Depression of 1990. First published by a small press in 1985 and then by Simon & Schuster in June 1987, the book sold more than 500,000 copies in hard cover. His promptly produced sequel, Surviving the Great Depression of 1990, was released last month with a first printing...
...Interfaith Hunger Appeal has agreed to cover the singing groups traveling expenses. The Krokodiloes will also be sponsored by the Harvard Club of New York, Larsen said...