Word: denting
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...power and the lowest pay in society: maintaining their pay is the humane thing to do," says Maria Zeneida Angara-Collinson, Philippine Consul-General in Hong Kong. "If the government is looking at this as a way out of the economic slump, it's not going to make a dent...
...reduction in maids' salaries would make a dent in the Philippines, where remittances from workers abroad contribute $6 billion to the local economy. News of the proposed wage adjustment had Philippine labor minister Patricia Santo Thomas rushing to the territory in defense of her countrymen and women. (Her Indonesian counterpart will visit next month.) Hong Kong Manpower Secretary Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun told her the decision would be made according to three factors: the rise and fall of the economy, wages of comparable workers, and unspecified "political considerations...
...these in addition to owning a car." But a former top auto executive thinks Kamen is kidding himself--or kidding me. "The car companies track market share by one one-hundredths of a percentage point," he says. "They're incredibly sensitive on that front, and this is going to dent somebody's market share...
...young as 12 explained to reporters they were smoking marijuana because it is “a healthy medicine.” This year, it appeared that the latter of Lapey’s two lures was better bait, as bands like Scissorfight failed to make much of a dent in the crowd’s attention span. In a bizarre afternoon that combined incongruous heavy metal, terrorist references and tie-dye, committed pot activists hoped that the government would soon swallow some medicine of their own and move to decriminalize marijuana. —Erik A. Beach
...chaos and retreat," Bush said. "But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve...