Word: hr
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...garrulousness is unimpeded by the 23-hr. solitary lockup, which, despite the term, is interrupted by the prisoners' yelling brief messages to one another. They are close enough to be heard. Kaczynski is two doors down from McVeigh, who is next to Yousef. Once, in mid-February, McVeigh the Oklahoma bomber spotted a news brief on the Unabomber and shouted for him to watch. Kaczynski, despite his techno-aversion, tuned in to the 3-min. segment. Kaczynski says he doesn't watch TV unless he feels there is a specific reason for it, according to Friedlander...
...According to researchers at the University of Michigan, 6-to-9-year-olds in 1981 spent 44 min. a week on homework; in 1997 they did more than two hours' worth. The amount of time that 9-to-11-year-olds devoted to homework each week increased from 2 hr. 49 min. to more than 3 1/2 hr...
...same year, Henry Ford shocked the world with what probably stands as his greatest contribution ever: the $5-a-day minimum-wage scheme. The average wage in the auto industry then was $2.34 for a 9-hr. shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also shaved an hour off the workday. In those years it was unthinkable that a guy could be paid that much for doing something that didn't involve an awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan "an economic crime," and critics everywhere heaped "Fordism" with equal scorn...
...Perms--$75+ Colors--$35+ 60-40 female-male 6 Strongly Recommended N/A Great Cuts One Eliot Sq. M-F 9-9 Sa 9-6 Su 10-6 $9.95 for a basic cut Shampoo--add $3 Blow Dry--add $4-$7 More male than female 12 No 15 min. - 1 hr., longest on weekends Gino's 20 Holyoke St. Tu 9-5 W-F 8:30-5:30 Sa 8:30-4 $40-$55 wash, cut and dry Cuts by experts run higher--$80-$95 Colors--$55--$250 Perms--$75+ Makeup--$35 Most female, some male 20 Recommended 20 min., shortest...
...notebook sales over the next few years. The new "Jupiter class" notebooks that run on the Windows CE operating system are just as svelte but cost a mere $1,000. They can run only limited "pocket" versions of Windows applications, but their long, 10-to-12-hr. battery life and low cost make them a good fit for lots of mobile workers...