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...housemoms. Homeowners and renters make up almost half of those who hire day laborers, according to a recently published UCLA study. The day laborers, who exist on the bottom of the undocumented-worker food chain, say they feel slightly shut out by those immigrants who already have a foothold in the Hamptons. "Their attitude is, we were here first," says a worker named Oscar. "But we deserve the same chance they...
...manufacturer that gets to market first carries China's automotive reputation on its shoulders. If the first Chinese car in the U.S. flops, later entries will struggle to gain a foothold. John Harmer, vice president of marketing at Geely-USA, vows that Geely isn't rushing into production at the expense of solid engineering. "We'll make sure Geely doesn't become a member of the group of manufacturers that came to the U.S. prematurely and failed," he says...
...treat widows and orphans because they have equal souls before God, is kind of a root basis for democracy and politics. So, I have a line in there where he put one foot in the Constitution, one foot in the Scriptures, and both in nonviolence because he found a foothold in each tradition through nonviolence...
...heels of a disappointing 4-3 loss to upstart Clarkson the day before, redeemed what could have been a disastrous second conference weekend. In snapping top-ranked St. Lawrence’s winning streak, and extending its unbeaten streak against the school to 13, Harvard maintained its foothold on the national scene. “Coming off of [the loss to Clarkson], we were driving for 60 minutes,” Solley said. Solley and the Crimson needed every last one of those minutes yesterday.—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...
...whole practice field of mud, just like out there.” “This is better than our field,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy added. The layer of mud masked a good six inches of water that splashed up as the players scrambled for a foothold. Several times it proved costly to the Crimson—quarterback Liam O’Hagan sacked himself for a loss of seven yards in the second quarter as he slipped in the backfield. Lafayette’s Joe Ort was able to take a pass from quarterback Pat Davis...