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...Sudan project is much more like a peace corps project. The people are younger, they're living far more simply, putting up with much more hardship--they are out in the bush gathering data, living close to the land and the people," Eddison says...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: The Whole World in His Hands | 9/16/1977 | See Source »

Faced with a tough government austerity program and a period of inevitable economic hardship, millions of Italians have fallen back on a uniquely Latin approach to the problem of how to preserve the vestiges of their fast disappearing dolce vita. With wage gains quickly eroded by runaway inflation and jobs in any case difficult to find, many workers have simply quit the official system to work in the booming secret economy that has come to be known as il lavoro nero, the labor black market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Italy's Secret Economy | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...discriminate against some employees in order to enable others to observe their Sabbath." White said there was no objection to employers and employees working out accommodations in such cases (for Sundays as well as Saturdays), but he added that there was no need for the employer to suffer "undue hardship" or to spend more than minimal money and effort in the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Working on the Sabbath | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

...year-old widow of the resistance hero executed by the Indonesians, visited the train along with Hassan Tan, 56, a former education and welfare minister in the Moluccan government in exile. Their presence encouraged the terrorists, who greeted them with a minimilitary parade. The visits proved an extra hardship to the hostages: they were forced to sit motionless during the two meetings, which lasted six and 4½ hours respectively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISTS: The Commandos Strike at Dawn | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...petition says, "This plan will mean much hardship for both students and workers and will mean transfers and schedule changes for Harvard employees...

Author: By Erik J. Dahl, | Title: Workers' Petition Hits Breakfast Plan | 5/24/1977 | See Source »

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