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...happening less and less. Nor do things look better higher up the ladder: his bank is in the midst of being absorbed by an out-of-state firm with a reputation for thinning executive ranks. Paul, a college graduate, never thought he might one day be applying for jobless benefits. His father spent his entire career in the same company, where his security was never in doubt. The firm always found a niche for him. No one talks or acts that way in the milieu Paul knows...
...railroad device called a derailer. National attention focused more on notices recently posted by Amtrak announcing its intention to end direct service on the 90-mile branch line that includes Hyder and Phoenix. The sabotage, went the theory, could have been the revenge of a soon-to-be-jobless railroad worker. But that hypothesis, too, has flaws: rail-union officials say dropping the Phoenix loop would be unlikely to jeopardize the jobs of Amtrak or Southern Pacific workers. Also, Amtrak has postponed eliminating the branch pending upcoming shifts in the industry...
Thus two-thirds of all working-age disabled people are still unemployed--the same portion that was jobless when the law was passed. True, many of the 7 million Americans with severe impairments are reluctant to take jobs, knowing they risk losing government subsidies and, more crucially, health benefits. Still, for those who want to work, the obstacles remain formidable. Says Jo Holzer of the Council for Disability Rights: "Many employers hear our name and decide they simply aren't going to talk to our clients...
...sanctions left in place are painful enough. Out of a labor force of 2.3 million, 1 million people are jobless and about 700,000 have been temporarily laid off. Gross national product dropped from $2,330 per capita in 1991 to $1,225 in 1993, the latest figure available. An estimated 2 million of Serbia's 10 million people live below the poverty line. The embargo also limits the country's ability to make an industrial recovery. Sanctions-busting on a grand scale -- mainly through Romania and Bulgaria and, to a lesser extent, Macedonia -- keeps stores filled with all manner...
...everyone would envy Chirac his prize, however. France today is a country suffering from severe social unrest and political alienation. The unemployment rate is 12.2% -- one of the highest of any major industrialized nation. The army of 3.3 million jobless contributes to a growing gap between the rich and poor, stirs antagonism against the large immigrant community and sustains an underlying sense of insecurity and fear of the future. During the campaign thousands of striking workers, students, homeless people and aids activists jammed the streets of Paris and other large cities...