Word: laid
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Although the dress if black-tie, the Kroks' performances tend to be, in Gallisa's words, "laid-back...
Those with high levels of education (or high levels of human capital) are generally the most attractive to firms. In recessions those with high levels of human capital are among the last laid off. They typically face the lowest unemployment rates and receive the highest wages. They are also beneficiaries of the highest growth rates in wages. Life for low-skilled workers, in comparison, will become increasingly precarious over time. In a future global economy where (among other things) a billion Chinese willing to do the same work for less than half the wage will flow into the labor market...
Which is to be distinguished from the coffee bar. Life on Seinfeld may be laid back, but its characters always seem to have someplace to go. In Friends the crowd is always around to share their latest personal woes or offer a shoulder to cry on. But who would want advice from these dysfunctional morons, with their obsessive pop-culture references? "Guess what?" says Rachel, bursting in with good news. Cracks Chandler: "The fifth dentist caved, and now they're all recommending Trident...
...hipness is unduly restrained; he usually wears a suit and plays for about five seconds before they fade him out for a commercial. At the Roxy last week, playing for almost two-and-a-half house in a Knicks jersey and high-tops, things were a little more laid back...
Things are slow. Liz impresses me yet again: "The light on Mass. Ave. and Everett goes 'don't walk' eleven times. Then it stops and turns green." Encouraged by the friendly, laid-back atmosphere characteristic of the escort, a passenger in the back jumps in, "Lights are regulated on purpose by businesses or gasoline monopolies. For example, in my town WalMart has a special light in front of the store. It's red when all the other lights are green. They found out that in one out of 100 possible chances, you will remember you need something and will just...