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...most alarming thing about this job crunch is that, once squeezed out of the ranks of the employed, many of the jobless can't seem to elbow back in. The number of Americans unemployed for six or more months hit 1.6 million last month, up 93% from a year ago. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were created during many months in the '90s, but the job market shrunk by 43,000 jobs in September. Professionals and other elite workers--who tend to be older, better educated and highly trained--find themselves fighting for a shrinking pool of high-paying jobs...
Finally comes the critics' crunch question: Is war worth it? War is a grave matter. But in the Gulf War, not one U.S. tank was destroyed by enemy action. Since then, Iraqi forces have become much weaker, while U.S. forces have become much fiercer. While the prospects of urban warfare and of Saddam's unleashing chemical or biological weapons complicate the equation, they change none of the fundamentals. The benefit could be enormous. For one thing, the 22-member Arab League lacks any truly democratic government. Suppose "Iraq: The Rerun" ended with a transformed Iraq, standing as the sole democracy...
...prepare to improvise for the modern kitchen - most of us don't have upper ovens anymore and you'll have to stock up on butter to make most of these dishes. One of the easiest and tastiest is the apricots charlotte, a simple, rustic concoction that pairs the crunch of buttered, sugar-dipped French bread with the melt-in-your-mouth softness of simmered apricots. And if you've missed the apricot's glorious, but short, season, the recipe also works well with peaches. Those with a weakness for trivia will find gems throughout the text, which, again...
Meanwhile, the UPPC has discovered that the University is in even more of a space crunch than it originally thought...
...addition to a 320-seat theater, the new building will house a theater-themed café and the Carr Foundation’s headquarters, as well as low-cost office space for non-profits, which Carr says is much needed in a city facing a space crunch where all property is extremely expensive...