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Guess? Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, has been accused by the federal government and labor activists of using American sweatshops to produce their clothing. In some cases, the shops had individu- al employees take sewing work home; such subcontracting often leads to the use of child labor and violation of minimum wage law, experts...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Student Activists Attack Unfair Labor Practices | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...Restated the traditional American be lief in incentive and reward for individu effort and excellence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Against the Winds | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

...fame in the world whose 'girls' were all more than seventy years old." ^ Therese, the 250-lb. cook, "was a 'numero' in all senses of the word." ("A 'numero' . . . was one degree lower than a 'type,' but less severe than 'individu.' ") Armed with a butcher's knife and fortified with three liters of red wine (her daily quota: five liters), Therese was formida ble. She endeared herself to the local wags by surreptitiously serving the unpopular Navet "chat farci" -stuffed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gamins & Spinach | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

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