Word: hires
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...members "with a fine-toothed comb, so the ship will remain clean." "They are unbelievably dedicated to helping us," says one resident. Resisting a new trend towards professionalism--doctors and social scientists are often more respected than those who have had practical experience in the field--he continues to hire ex-addicts. This way, because former users are slowly assimilated back into socially productive roles, drug rehabilitation establishes itself as a valuable service, refuting the common attitude that it is "just a waste of the taxpayers' money." Unlike Third Nail, which is open to anyone with a need, many centers...
...when a Chinese gunboat approached, only to pass by harmlessly. The unloading process went smoothly as villagers snipped packets of Bibles from the submerged barge with rope cutters supplied by the smugglers, then carried them to waiting bikes, buses and trucks (Open Doors clandestinely had supplied $75,000 to hire the vehicles). But about four hours after the departure of the Michael, an army patrol turned up unexpectedly in Gezhou village. The patrol stormed the beach, arresting hundreds who were still at work carting off the Bibles. Subsequently, according to Hong Kong reports, most of the prisoners were released...
...members of both units now say they are satisfied with new arrangements hammered-out over the summer. The revised proposals specify when each department may hire new professors, link associated institutions like museums to CB, and provide for a separate administrator of coordinate CB activities...
Unhappy with the Department of Labor (DOL) for failing to expedite an investigation of hiring practices at the Kennedy School of Government, a nationwide women's organization this week said it will probably file a complaint against DOL if the department doesn't speed things up. Officials at the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL), which last fall charged the K-School with ignoring federal affirmative action codes, have said the unexpected delay in DOL's investigation stems from federal cutbacks in the number of investigators the department may hire and from a shuffling of department personnel earlier this year...
...firms are being forced to use similar creative-and expensive-gimmicks to induce employees to move or to hire new executives. While in the past most employees jumped at a transfer as a sign that they were on the corporate fast track, many of them are now wary of moving. Robert D. Kunisch, president of Homequity, a Wilton, Conn., executive transfer service, estimates that as many as 20% of the people offered job transfers are declining them. Says Richard Bastron, compensation manager for Getty Oil Co.: "If a company told you to move 15 years ago, you asked, 'Where...