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Melendez said he has not decided whether hewill remain in the council's employ next year...
...theorists put part of the blame for the unemployment problem on the behavior of black youths. Glenn Loury, a political economist at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, notes, "The characteristics, the attitudes, history, criminal-arrest records and other qualities of the young men themselves make them difficult to employ." Elijah Anderson, professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of A Place on the Corner, a 1978 study of the lost men of the ghetto, believes that out of a misplaced sense of pride, many black youths are unwilling to accept the low- paying, low-prestige jobs...
...central kitchen and its five dining halls employ 91 full-time employees--including 17 cooks, nine assistant cooks, and 50 part-time employees. Here are just a few of the many Food Services people who keep tasty food on our plates day in and day out: (clockwise from the top) JOHN SULLIVAN whipping up batches up fluffy mashed potatoes; WILLIE HARDMON carrying pies out of the pastry department; VASCO MELLO in the central store room upacking green olives slated for the salad bar; DAVE BERRY putting dinner rolls in the oven; and JOE KALOUSDIAN driving lunchtime goodies through the food...
Thompson and Bert Gillman, owner of the Stock Pot, expressed basically the same opinion, saying that the high school, college, and graduate students they usually employ are "working in high-tech areas or are getting higher allowances...
Several leading mattress manufacturers, including Sealy, Simmons and Serta, employ the husband-and-wife team to investigate customer complaints. The Yurses, who handle about 150 cases a week, either visit the customer's home or pass along the assignment to their network of some 20 part-time mattress testers in eight Midwestern states and Pennsylvania. Rayco's testers, mostly college students, earn at least $10 per call. Usually the problem can be easily remedied, perhaps by turning the mattress over or lubricating the box spring. After three years on the job, the Yurses earn $100,000 annually and are trying...