Word: hire
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...FAVORITE BOK, Derek Curtis that is, We'll hire Bart Giamatti's charisma whiz. Henry Rosovsky, that creator of Cores, will find in his stocking nothing that bores. There in the toe, slightly out of control, What could it be? Why it's Theda Skocpol! We can't bear to fulfill the wish of Dean Epps, That nary a protest will grace Widener's steps; And as for Dean Fox, we have this prescription, Someone should write him a real job description; Imprudent maybe, but nonetheless fair, Regarding Dan Steiner we must clear the air, And let the rest...
Priced at $16, and, what's more, "as advertised on TV!" Assassin is described by its clever creators as "deadly fun." Players sell "illegally obtained commodities" in an attempt to raise enough cash to hire "as many of the game's 30 assassins as it takes to eliminate the opposing players." Though a blurb on the cover describes the game as "non-political," it adds that perhaps it is not "suitable for children under 12." It is, Jordan Marsh personnel insist, among the season's hottest sellers...
China's post-Mao movement toward a mixed economy already permits Special Economic Zones, where foreign businessmen can set up factories, hire and fire workers and earn profits. Now leaders of the People's Republic have made yet another concession to capitalist ways, one aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and, not so incidentally, easing China's massive unemployment problem...
Last week the government announced that Individuals who are in business for themselves will be allowed to hire up to seven employees. The program is seemingly limited to China's 200 million urban residents and does not affect the 800 million peasants living on communes or state farms. Since 1978, when small-scale private enterprise was once again legally allowed in China, individual businessmen could hire only members of their immediate families. According to Communist theory, the employment of others would be exploitation...
After months of uncertainty over what to do with the Craigie Arms apartments, located on Mt. Auburn St. across from the post office, Harvard decided to hire an outside developer, who would acquire ownership of the building once massive renovations were complete...