Word: effects
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...That's good news for high tech companies that don't want to pay much for labor, and bad news for older American tech workers who will continue to be priced out of the market. Indeed, the White House has threatened to veto the bill because of its dubious effect on American workers, and because of the high tech industry's even more dubious claims that a labor shortage exists in the first place. According to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 85 percent of the workers hired under the so-called H-1B visa program are not exceptionally skilled...
...coming days lawyers for both camps expect Judge Norma Holloway Johnson to schedule a hearing on Merletti's claim that there is a "protective function" privilege that excuses his officers from testifying in court. And, if only for effect, Administration lawyers have included in their legal briefs rare photos showing officers, acting on John F. Kennedy's orders, jumping off the rear bumper of his car just minutes before it entered its fatal swing through downtown Dallas in November 1963. Though Johnson's ruling on Merletti's claim is still weeks away, her decision is regarded as more pivotal...
...that therefore its departure will create a huge void in popular culture. Actually, by historical standards, Seinfeld does not have a very big audience. As we all know, the ratings for the networks have decreased markedly in the past few years as cable has become more popular, and the effect on even the top shows is startling. In the 1963-64 season, those dread Hillbillies averaged a rating of 39.1--in other words, they were being seen by 39.1% of all households with television sets. Back then, 90% of the nation's households had TVs, so more than a third...
Even if the law were fairly applied, it merely has the effect of shifting the border 10 miles south. Instead of correcting the existing exemption system, the state should scrap the Sunday liquor law entirely...
...issue was the effect on confidentiality in medical care when there are government databanks that are accessible to people other than doctors," said Philip Caper, lecturer in the Faculty of Public Health, who is also Chairman and CEO of the Codman Research Group...