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This enthusiasm proves an absolute godsend to back bench Members of Parliament who receive but meager salaries on which they usually manage to mantain one devoted and underpaid secretary. To such MPs crowds of keen and reasonably intelligent free research assistants are manna from heaven. With the aid of one to three such assistants the beleagured MP may now indulge in as much work as he feels suitable or necessary...
Just as the huge demand for deluxe homes is a godsend to builders, it is a boon to the suppliers of quality home furnishings. U.S. sales of finished marble increased by 32% last year, to nearly $1 billion. Old World Moulding & Finishing, a Farmingdale, N.Y., manufacturer of some 500 different kinds of moldings, reports that its 1986 sales topped $1 million, an increase of nearly 90% in one year. Marvin Windows, a Warroad, Minn., firm that makes custom-made windows and patio doors for the expensive-home market, has had record sales every year since 1982. The company has been...
...free-lance professionals see plenty of advantages to temp work. Louise Quintard, a 1982 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Law School works as a part-time attorney while she recovers from a back injury. Says Quintard: "This has been a godsend...
...demographic and economic figures, computers are a godsend, but they can have a narrowing effect in the humanities where they are only useful for lesser tasks," he said...
...demographic and economic figures, computers are a godsend, but they can have a narrowing effect in the humanities where they are only useful for lesser tasks," he said...