Word: labors
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Kennedy, the liberal stalwart and former chairof the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee,has traditionally been a strong supporter offunding for higher education...
...proposal to provide $40 billion in loan guarantees to the Mexican government ran into an unexpectedly hostile reception on Capitol Hill. His Democratic allies in the House, still smarting from their failure to stop nafta in 1993, pressed the President for concessions from Mexico City on more favorable labor practices and environmental regulations. House Republicans, though philosophically supportive of the Clinton plan, balked at providing the rest of the votes unless Clinton took a firmer public stand against the demands of the liberal Democrats. Clinton was forced to mount a hurried campaign for passage, and dispatched Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin...
...souls of men,'' Alexis de Tocqueville wrote of the U.S. in 1835. The same could be said of American men--and women--in 1995. In one of the most faith-drenched of all nations, the citizenry contributes $57 billion a year to religion, plus untold hours of volunteer labor. Four out of 10 adults regularly tell Gallup they attended worship in the past week--and even if that count is inflated by good intentions, it still vastly surpasses weekly professional-sports attendance. An overwhelming 95% of Americans profess belief...
...Maggie's brutal mates, the welfare state abducts their first child from their home and their second child straight from the maternity ward. By now Maggie is afraid to let her babies out of her sight, or even out of her body. "No!" she screams as she goes through labor. "It's stayin' where...
...things get worse for USAir? Today, the airline announced a $322 million loss for the fourth quarter of 1994, a year that saw twotragic USAir crashesand was marked by stubborn labor disputes. Company officials blamed much of the loss on a "dramatic dropoff" in ridership because of the crashes. At the same time, Robert Oaks, the retired Air Force general USAir hired as its safety chief in order to restore public confidence in the airline, rejected speculation that pilot error caused theSept. 8 USAir crashnear Pittsburgh that killed all 132 people aboard...