Word: homework
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...knitters seem to like the arrangement just fine. The U.S. Department of Labor does not. Although never actually sued by the department, Putnam is apparently in violation of Title 29, Chapter V, Part 530, Subsection 2, of the Code of Federal Regulations, which, as any citizen knows, prohibits homework in the knitted outerwear industry...
Putnam protested that the 1941 rule, originally aimed at curbing sweatshop abuses, was mere federal knitpicking. It does not, for instance, ban homework in the unknitted outerwear industry. The department agreed to review the rule, and last week Putnam-along with 32 other witnesses from businesses, trade groups, unions and officials of six states-had his say at a hearing in Washington. "Cottage industry once played an honorable part in America's heritage," he declared afterward. Department officials did not say when, if ever, they might get around to changing the rule. In the meantime, Putnam's workers...
Like all interviewers, Swersey likes those who have done their homework--who can either tell him something about Exxon or have logical questions. "If it's such a big moment in you life, have you done all you can to prepare for it?" After 11 years of recruiting, he still finds interviewees who are obviously unprepared, who "ask a bunch of rambling questions from left field or just respond to pauses in the conversation...
...among her most challenging assignments. Says Smilgis: "It is very difficult to interview a 15-year-old. Most people you interview don't have a mother helping them answer your questions." On the flight to Rome, Smilgis stole some time alone with Brooke as she did her algebra homework. Smilgis, who grew up in Hollywood and majored in political science at Berkeley, finds that the top models have a lot in common with star athletes. Says she: "Very few of them are narcissistic, and most treat their looks as prized tools, much the way a pitcher views pitching...
...than his foes about a seeming irresoluteness on occasion, a remoteness from the events over which he should be exercising command. James David Barber, professor of political science at Duke University, feels that Reagan is a "sentimentalist whose presidential style is overwhelmingly rhetorical. He invests very little in the homework of office or tough negotiations. I think we're all going to see more Ben-Gay than blood...