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Melendez said he has not decided whether hewill remain in the council's employ next year...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Former Chair Melendez Still Working for Council | 12/2/1986 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Today's Native Sons | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: In Search of Roast Beast | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Harvard Square Businesses Want You | 11/18/1986 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Service: Lying Down on the Job | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

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