Word: labors
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None, that is, until Dr. Jon Levine and his team at the University of California, San Francisco, took pains to investigate. Using drugs called kappa opioids, a form of opiate commonly used to ease labor pains, they gave intravenous doses to 28 men and 20 women, all in their early 20s, who had just had wisdom teeth extracted...
...Cabinet members have already decided to leave. Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Secretary of Defense William Perry have announced their resignations, as has Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor. Labor Secretary Robert Reich is quitting and will probably be teaching here at Harvard again pretty soon. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary is on her way out the door, as is Transportation Secretary Federico Pena...
What makes this programming choice even more eccentric is the fact that all three soloists were professional musicians, imported especially for the occasion. It would be at least understandable if HRO had chosen the piece to spotlight three student musicians: the division of labor, and the relative simplicity of the solo parts, would make it ideal for students. Indeed, it should have been possible to find a student pianist, cellist and violinist who were more than equal to the task--concertmaster Salley Koo '97, for example, who was outstanding in the Shostakovich symphpony...
...sarcastically, "Oh! Bridge-building! That's what the difference is!" He proposed that the two parties consolidate and make room for a real second party, thus eliminating the problem of the 1996 election. He did give credit to some left-of-center parties, naming the New Party and the Labor Party with approval...
...Seattle seen as leaning against the deal. Eight votes against will doom the deal. And that means more of the status quo: no revenue sharing and no luxury tax, both measures aimed at restraining salaries and closing the gap between richer and poorer teams. And for next year, a labor future that is highly dubious. May have questioned why acting Commissioner Bud Selig has not yet come out in favor of a deal struck by Levine, the negotiator he appointed. Selig's statement? "I believe there will be a vote (today)...We shall see what we shall see." Baseball indeed...