Word: laborer
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...ruled that General Augusto Pinochet has no immunity from prosecution, opening the way for London's courts to hear a Spanish extradition request. Violent demonstrations erupted in Chile following the decision. But with the immunity issue resolved, the final word on Pinochet's fate will now rest with the Labor party government. "They could release him on compassionate grounds," says TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand, "but there'll be strong pressure from within the party to proceed. This government has cloaked itself in the mantle of human rights and ethical foreign policy, and that will make it difficult...
...absence of tight oversight has allowed makers of herbal products to flourish, particularly in Utah, where the dry desert air helps keeps raw materials and pills and capsules fresh, and where land and skilled labor have been relatively inexpensive. Utah's free-enterprise culture has nurtured characters like Tom Murdock, an Arizona entrepreneur who in 1969 started what is now Murdock Madaus Schwabe, whose Nature's Way line is the top-selling herbal brand in health-food stores. Murdock founded the company to market the chaparral herb, which he had used to treat his cancer-stricken wife...
...Migrant-labor organizations and legal-aid groups in Florida have long waged an ongoing battle with the Fanjuls and other growers over the abysmal conditions. Greg Schell, an attorney with the Migrant Farmworkers Justice Project in Belle Glade, Fla., contends that of all the growers, the Fanjuls have treated their workers the worst. "They are in a class by themselves," he said. A lawsuit seeking back wages and benefits is expected to go to trial next spring...
...think most people are using their computers,but a few of them are still wrestling withtypewriters," Lui says. But "we don't even knowwhere they can find them.A-9TYPINGCrimsonTricia L. MorenteOLD SCHOOL MANUAL LABOR: Sarah M.Hulsey '01 uses an OCS typewriter to complete anapplication for a semester abroad...
...that student government is non-consensual government. When we all decided to attend Harvard, we did not agree to have our political beliefs represented by anyone. Harvard students do not need a collective voice with which to speak to the outside world. Those of us who don't like labor practices in Burma are perfectly capable of organizing a group, staging a protest or writing a letter. The same applies to controversial issues specific to Harvard. If enough students are really miffed by the supposed lack of Faculty diversity, there is nothing stopping them from launching a vocal movement...