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Nobody knows the deeper reasons why productivity is declining, let alone so rapidly. The question of whether people on the job are working as hard as before has been the subject of countless barroom arguments and almost no serious study. There is better evidence of other causes...
...with a black leather cap, leans against the doorway of the Brixton unemployment office on Coldharbour Lane and says, "I wouldn't work in this country. I'd rather be a crook." A Jamaican who left the island when he was three, Cecil has not held a job since he graduated from school last year. Unable to find anything paying more than $50 a week, he has had repeated brushes with the law, and plans to return to Jamaica when he has enough cash. "Look at the streets here," he says. "You see a lot of people suffering...
...former football player played, well, a former football player named Hal Carter. Namath, as always, moved well and turned on the charm; as always, he gave the ritual credits to team and coach. "I relied on people around me," he said, adding that "the director sure did a great job getting me ready." The schedule now calls for Namath to play Columbus and Dayton, which must be a good deal easier than playing Pittsburgh and Dallas...
...would be established that would specify the settlement for each heir, weighing the same factors - victim's age, income and so forth - that a court now considers before making awards. Kennelly acknowledges at least one consequence of hi proposal: "If they standardize awards, it does away with my job...
...office care given by pediatricians and family practitioners could be handled by competent nurses. Says Dr. Leon Oettinger Jr., a pediatrician in San Marino, Calif: "With its heavy reliance on physicians, the American medical system can be said to be using Cadillacs to do a tractor's job." That may not be the kindest analogy, but the Department of Health, Education and Welfare agrees with the basic analysis: it has endorsed wider use of nurse practitioners in medical care as one way of keeping costs down...