Word: joblessness
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...ladder faculty is central for the health and vitality of this university and universities throughout the country,” he added. English Professor Louis Menand said that he is worried the program may not be a service to Fellows in the long term, since it may leave postdocs jobless after their one-year stint. “It’s really a way to get inexpensive teaching,” he said. “We need to make sure it’s good for them and we’re not just using them...
Using the U.S. government's count, about 2.4 million Americans lost their jobs last year. That does not include people who had been jobless for an extended period and were no longer looking for jobs. In January, another 598,000 people were put onto the streets by their employers, moving the unemployment rate...
...undercounted because of the large numbers of illegal aliens who have come into the state, mostly from Mexico. The competition for jobs between citizens and those who have recently crossed the border in search of work is almost certainly increasing, which is likely to cause alarming confrontations among the jobless...
...feuds may be only one factor in Moscow's rash of murders. The killing of the Tajik worker, for example, has many fearing the start of a wave of racially motivated killings. Moscow chief prosecutor Syomin has said that the financial crisis may also be a contributing factor, with jobless locals taking out their frustrations on migrants. But Galina Kozhevnikova, deputy director of the Sova Center, which monitors racially motivated crimes, argues that the rise in unemployment has nothing to do with the death of 14 Central Asian migrant workers in Russia in January. "The number of deaths is lower...
...working on my future, why you need to know my history?” Cam retorts, but to no avail. Heading home empty-handed, the day only gets worse when he finds out his “baby mom’s done changed locks.” Jobless, broke, and unlucky in love, our defeated hero sadly concludes, “Seems like I was born to lose,” leaving us to wonder how he’ll manage to keep his profession as a rapper, let alone an office job. —Roxanne J. Fequiere