Word: labors
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Doty isn't immune to anxiety. In the coming weeks, he's set to take a one-week furlough himself. And many of the jobs at his plant are bound for Texas, a state with comparatively relaxed labor laws and weaker unions...
...Layoffs Cut Deeper Bleak job news continued, with all sectors of the economy--from prescription drugs to construction equipment--buckling under the pressure. More than 50,000 U.S. job cuts were announced on Jan. 26 alone, adding to the 2.6 million lost since December 2007. The Labor Department also announced that 21,137 mass layoffs--involving 50 or more job cuts at once--took place...
Multiples, as opposed to singletons, are more likely to be born premature (the more fetuses, the earlier labor occurs). The risk of miscarriage is higher. Cesarean sections are utilized more frequently. Gestational diabetes, hypertension and preeclampsia can all occur. Multiple births can also create potential long-term health implications for the children, like cerebral palsy. In the short term, in many multiple-birth situations, newborns are at greater risk of birth complications and death, though notably, all eight of the kids born to "Octomom" Nadya Suleman earlier this year survived...
Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, and former Pennsylvania Governor and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge are among those who will serve as fellows at Harvard’s Institute of Politics this spring, the IOP announced Friday. “What’s most exciting about this year is the breadth and diversity of the people who will be here on campus,” said IOP Director Bill Purcell. “This group really covers a very broad territory in our political experience and our political future...
Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, and former Pennsylvania Governor and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge are among those who will serve as fellows at Harvard’s Institute of Politics this spring, the IOP announced Friday...