Word: joe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...living wage bumps employees and their families up to or slightly above the poverty line. It allows for dignified living, not just survival. It allows for food, clothing, shelter "and other amenities of life that you need," says Joe, a security guard who has served for over ten years. "Like a haircut. An $8 haircut...
...living wage will not result in significant labor cutbacks, despite arguments to the contrary. Romeo cleans the dining hall by himself; Joe alone watches the Science Center. They cannot be downsized. Most employees at Harvard work in the service sector where the labor market demand is fairly inelastic, and so a living wage does not risk their jobs...
...idea "fluff" during the Congressman's swing through Iowa. And now it isn't even resonating with Republican congressional leaders, whose initial enthusiasm quickly faded--first into nervous, qualified support and finally, by last week, into utter indifference and near disdain. Even some conservatives agree with Florida's Joe Scarborough, who dubbed the Kasich plan "a loser idea...
...case--a far cry from the days when Southern prosecutors found ways to lose--or not to bring--race cases like this one. The defense presented only three witnesses; its entire case lasted less than an hour. Although the jury had 11 whites and just one black, corrections officer Joe Collins, the sole black, was elected foreman. Jasper's black community hoped for the best but braced for the worst. "Even if you know something is right and that you should get a certain verdict, sometimes you don't get it," says Unav Wade, owner of a beauty salon...
...current attraction, a series of centrally-themed shorts entitled Bob White Plays with Dolls. While it involves many different flavors of film, the experience focuses on computer generated characters interacting violently and carnally. A few bonus film clips are sprinkled throughout, including that Nissan commercial where G.I. Joe gets Barbie because of his cool car and a scene from Evil Dead...