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...boomers sag toward retirement, many employers also see such programs as a way to eke a few more years of productivity from their graying work force. To cut back on sprains and strains on its bottling lines, Coors has introduced stretch breaks, hired ergonomics experts to redesign machines, built on-site gyms and even corporate health clinics, where employees and their families can be treated for any routine medical problem, work related...
...Carson, as some friends knew her, took part-time work writing science radio scripts for the old Bureau of Fisheries, a job that led, in 1936, to a full-time appointment as a junior aquatic biologist. To eke out her small income, she contributed feature articles to the Baltimore Sun, most of them related to marine zoology. Though her poetry was never to be published, a strong lyrical prose was already evolving, and one of her pieces for a government publication seemed to the editor so elegant and unusual that he urged her to submit it to the Atlantic Monthly...
...Friday night, Harvard played a surprisingly close game against Clarkson (5-6-0, 3-2-0 ECAC). Although the Golden Knights were able to eke out a victory, the Crimson played a tightchecking game throughout and on multiple occasions came close to tying...
...years, died of cerebral hemorrhaging five days before the election. His victorious opponent, Lee Baca, had turned Block's health into a central issue earlier in the hard-fought campaign. When Block passed away, Baca's position was clearly vindicated and the boon to his credibility helped him eke out a win. Still, Block's supporters point out that his strong showing despite his lack of vital signs was a clear message from voters. That message? "We're not paying any attention...
...Carol Moseley-Braun--both elected in 1992's watershed year for women--are likely to lose for failing to shake their reputations as ineffective legislators. As a result, Republican strategists are predicting the party will increase its numbers from 55 to 60--and possibly more, if G.O.P. challengers can eke out wins in close races in Wisconsin, Nevada, Washington and South Carolina, and if Republican incumbents can hold on in New York and North Carolina. A G.O.P. bump to 60 seats would be historic--the most Republican Senators since 1906--but short of a death blow to Clinton. It takes...