Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...study cites a 9 to 12 percent increase in jobs for less-educated young black men in labor markets across the country--and strongly suggests that perpetual joblessness, crime and single-parent families correspond with a lack of work opportunities, not a "culture of poverty...
...current decade's economic success is accompanied by a sharp decrease in national unemployment rates, and uneducated black youth are being folded into the labor market as a result...
...defended her actions in Quincy by repeating (word for word) what she had said during the campaign: the press is, in essence, blaming her for "being organized, disciplined and thinking carefully before I speak." There is indeed no hard evidence that Cabinet meetings are scripted, although the Secretary of Labor only added fuel to the widespread media speculation by saying, "One person's script is another person's extremely detailed agenda." Mrs. Dole's chastising of the Queen of Belgium for ad-libbing in the Oval Office has probably been overplayed...
...must have been the smell of Starbucks coffee. Because the country's costliest cup of coffee just got costlier. The company upped prices on everything from decaf lattes to frappuccinos by a dime--7% to 8%. Prices for beans won't change. Starbucks cites rising real estate and labor costs. But with coffee beans trading at their cheapest in two years, at just over $1 per lb., a $1.25 cup of joe may be a bit harder to swallow...
...governing partner with the party of prime minister-elect Ehud Barak, who preceded Lipkin-Shahak as military chief of staff. And the two generals were once close, though their relationship tensed over Lipkin-Shahak's initial decision to run against Barak, instead of beside him, in the Labor party...