Word: hires
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URICH: FOR HIRE His is the face that has launched 13 series. And now, actor Robert Urich has once again found gainful employment, starring as Captain Jim Kennedy III un UPN's Love Boat: The Next Wave. Herewith a compendium of the sturdy actor's small-screen shows...
...Carol & Ted & Alice (ABC) S.W.A.T. (ABC) Soap (ABC) Tabitha (ABC) Vega$ (ABC) Gavilan (NBC) Spenser: For Hire (ABC) American Dreamer (NBC) Crossroads (ABC) It Had to Be You (CBS) The Lazarus Man Vital Signs (ABC) Love Boat: The Next Wave...
After all, what is the first thing that happens when you ban a company producing sneakers for Nike in Thailand from hiring child workers? You put children out of jobs. And while in principle the idea of children working long hours under questionable conditions might seem unacceptable to Western sensibilities, the alternative of surviving without even an exploitative job for support is much worse. Most of these kids work because they have to, and will continue to do so whether Western firms hire them...
...answer to child labor is not to ban Western companies from hiring kids, for a variety of reasons. For one, if the Nike factory doesn't hire them, some other probably more exploitative local manufacturer (over whom Western public opinion holds little sway) will...if they're lucky. If not, then they'll probably just try to survive by begging or rummaging through rubbish heaps--too many kids are forced to do this already...
Most of the money allocated to bring alcohol to Springfest is not in fact going to be spent on beer. Harvard regulations require that we hire a BAT team to check IDs ($400) and an extra police officer. Additionally, we had to acquire a one-day liquor license, and allow for the somewhat steep deposits on keg barrels and taps. Thus, less than half of the expenditure will be used to purchase beer, and the rest is necessary to have an approved party. Hopefully this will clear up the seemingly exorbitant expenditure. RYAN DORRIS '00 April...