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...American and European workers. More than 18,000 Urdu-speaking Pakistanis were trained on the job, some learning to operate the most modern sort of earth-moving equipment. A special diet had to be provided for them after the contractors found they lacked the stamina for an eight-hour day. A month before the Jhelum River was to be diverted, war broke out between India and Pakistan. Though the battle line came within 50 miles of the site, only nightwork was stopped, since the camp had to be blacked out. The contractors were racing to complete the project ahead...
...police headquarters for 48 hours, explaining in plain language at every roll call that they were there to help, not hinder. They proved their point by using the News to lobby for -and help get-raises for patrolmen. As the women rode along in squad cars for full eight-hour shifts, their determination helped win over the cops...
...industry $75 million in wasted time during the first four months of this year. Bulgaria lost 25 million man-days last year because of absenteeism. When Polish factory workers show up at all, says the Communist trade-union paper Glos Pracy, they "work only about 70% of their normal eight-hour...
Uncrossed Legs. The prices for a hostess are as aristocratic as the girls, ranging from $31 to $42 for an eight-hour day. Most people who can afford it find it well worthwhile. Not only are the ladies of H.I. extremely attractive; they are also smartly turned out in red wool uniforms by Jean Patou and hairdos by Jean-Louis David. Before they are allowed to serve on H.I., they must submit to a demanding 21-month training program. It includes courses in Paris history, French government, sophisticated shopping hints and "civilization" - a class in which they learn esoteric tips...
Alexander Kerensky took over and began a race against time and Lenin's Bolsheviks-a race to establish democracy in Russia. A bill of broad political and civil rights was promulgated, religious freedom established, the then radical notion of an eight-hour working day instituted, and plans drawn up for land reform, the most pressing problem of all. Kerensky, who quickly became a national hero, pinned his hopes on elections for a constituent assembly. But his government was torn between those who wanted to opt out of the war and those who felt that Russia's obligations...