Word: job
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cope with the anguish of a name destroyed by unproved accusations of mass murder and suicide. The ideal situation would have been to avoid reaching any conclusions before a thorough investigation of the crash had been completed. But the situation being what it was, your article did a good job of relating the different sides of the story in a fair, impartial manner. FAROOQ JAVED St. Louis...
...ROSETTA She is the teenager who will do anything to get any job, however menial. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's dour Belgian drama earned the top prize at Cannes this year by being both grinding in its bleakness and inspiring in its intensity. Emilie Dequenne plays Rosetta with a blank fury that suggests a medieval saint or a modern assassin...
...little heads about. It may be worth noting, though, that in recent weeks the New Republic has carried cover drawings of Bush as a dunce, with the tag line WHY AMERICA LOVES STUPID CANDIDATES, and as the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, with the tag line THE HARDEST JOB IN POLITICS: THE WOMAN WHO HAS TO GET GEORGE BUSH A BRAIN...
...front-page story in the New York Times last week pointed out that candidates opposing Bush seem intent on implying that he doesn't have wattage sufficient for the job. This is difficult to combat gracefully. By joking about his own temper, John McCain not only helped defuse the issue but also picked up some points for being self-deprecating. In the early Clinton years, Gore managed to seem less like a piece of chain-saw sculpture for a while by going on talk shows to make fun of his own woodenness. But if you're running for President, making...
UNEMPLOYMENT TOLL How stressful can losing a job be for a family? Serious enough to affect the health of an unborn child. A study in December's Journal of Health and Social Behavior reveals that as male unemployment increases, so does the incidence of low-birth-weight infants. Among pregnant women, stress is a risk factor for giving birth to such babies. The research suggests that jobless families should consider enrolling in stress-management programs where possible...