Word: laborities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Only the deaf know Hounslow. The west London borough sits uncomfortably beneath the flight paths of nearby Heathrow Airport, where many of the vicinity's largely immigrant Indian and Pakistani residents labor as porters, cleaners and security guards - dreaming of escape, a better life for their children and, for now, triple-glazed windows to block out the noise. Yet Hounslow is about to become famous for another, similarly noisy local feature: a violent, hip-hop-infused, South Asian youth culture that is the subject of perhaps the year's most loudly hyped first novel. The talk of last fall...
...Chinese Communist Party, which has been holding that nation's people hostage for more than a half-century. Under Mao Zedong, Chinese communists caused more than 70 million deaths. Today the Chinese are still not a free people. Many democracy advocates and religious workers are incarcerated in labor camps without due process of law. People are not allowed to organize political parties, and the government has strict control of the mass media. Thus the Chinese people are blindfolded. TIMOTHY HO Anaheim, Calif...
...you’re looking for something to do between the beginning of May and Labor Day, you’re obviously way out of the loop—just go to the movies! Does the fact that Natalie Portman and Matt Damon went to Harvard mean nothing to you, my friend?Major studios are collectively releasing $1 billion worth of movies over the next few months. Variety reports that since the summer of 2002, the number of movie tickets sold has slowly declined. Distributors are in need of a spike in sales, and with one huge popcorn flick coming...
...manufacturers, like the much-maligned Nike, conceded to the demands of a small, but vociferous, anti-sweat shop campaign and started monitoring their sub-contractors. In doing so, the companies resuscitated lagging profits and motivated a much larger group of (normally indifferent) consumers to buy brands that promised adequate labor conditions. This story shows that consumers want to inject some moral vigor into their largely materialist lives—and that businesses respond. From “hormone-free” to “dolphin safe” to “biodegradable,” products brandish such...
Though Yuan initially saw his piano-playing as “forced labor,” his perspective changed after a traumatic event...