Word: hire
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scenario of a baton-for-hire attack on Kerrigan unfolded, it was easy to speculate on the motives behind the assault. Worse crimes have been committed in the name of money and celebrity. But even the more creative commentators had trouble imagining what line of reasoning could have convinced the conspirators that the macabre assault would enhance Harding's Olympic edge and marketability. If the crime was solely the work of a zealous entourage that aimed to cash in on her post-Olympic fame, even the most narrow-minded conspirator must have feared that the attack might backfire, sabotaging Harding...
...think it should be legal for employers to use genetic tests in deciding whom to hire...
...budget. (The states kick in another $15.3 billion.) By some estimates, reform could push 1.5 million people into a job market where 8.3 million are already out of work. That could add $10 billion annually to the budget for training, transportation, child-care subsidies, incentives for private employers to hire recipients and the creation of community-service jobs for those who don't find other work. Strict budgetary caps will mean that the money will have to come from cuts in other programs...
...trainees. Better to subsidize them in low-skill jobs, the argument goes, like ringing registers at 7-Eleven, where they can get on-the- job experience in regular working habits that will help them move up. (However, labor unions complain that when government pays private employers to hire from the welfare roles, it puts nonwelfare job applicants at a disadvantage...
Bozanich dismissed the defense team's psychiatrists, child-abuse therapists and forensics experts as "spin doctors." But the prosecution's decision not to hire its own experts leaves all the defense's witnesses virtually undisputed. Most persuasive was Dr. William Vicary, a psychiatrist who specializes in sex offenders and has evaluated 750 accused murderers. After spending 88 hours with Erik, Vicary concluded that Erik had been the victim of sexual abuse. Asked why Erik had not spoken of the abuse until almost a year after the shootings, Vicary answered, "It's very common for people who have been molested...