Word: jersey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...basic state unemployment compensation, which generally provides payments for up to 26 weeks. This program is funded by a tax on employers, which varies from state to state. In New Jersey, for instance, employers must pay up to $300 annually for each worker. Employees contribute nothing to any of the compensation plans...
...most workers, however, the main safety net is Government unemployment insurance, and there is a growing feeling that it contains holes that are sorely in need of repair. State insurance funds in New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington, Vermont and Rhode Island have already toppled into temporary bankruptcy and been forced to borrow a total of $299 million from the U.S. Treasury to keep going. The Labor Department reckons that as many as 30 other states may have to follow suit within the next two years. To keep their systems solvent, some states are now raising the tax on employers. That will...
...benefits first apply to an unemployment office and then return every week or two to show that they are willing to work if the office can provide them with a job suited to their skills. If it cannot, the worker signs a form, and in some states, like New Jersey, he picks up his check on the spot. In other states, like New York, workers must still show up at the office, but after they sign their form they have to wait for the check to be mailed to their home...
...York City schools was the basis for a court ruling to expand full-time bilingual education. In another project, engineers working with the center developed a new rapid-response telephonic device that Etzioni says "can restore the New England town meeting" for large organizations. Using it, the New Jersey League of Women Voters recently polled most of its 10,000 members, in progressive multiples of ten, within two hours...
...long T shirts popular a while back in ready-to-wear-or fairly full skirted with waists clearly marked by tucks and belts, as Givenchy does them. Suits emphasize the midriff too, with slim skirts, or skirts tucked to the hipbone, worn with jackets that skim the body closely. Jersey, flannel and gabardine are daytime favorites, with the emphasis on navy, white and variations on tones of beige; and the dressier clothes lean to muslins, chiffons and thin crepes in soft prints, like Dior's pointillist patterns, blurring from color to color to color...