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...early Republic had it easier. The work of taming a continent provided every American who wanted one with a full-time job and drew settlers from oceans away. Laws like the Homestead Act of 1862 - which granted any man or woman up to 160 acres of public land if they pledged to cultivate it for five years - tapped into the frontier spirit, providing work opportunities for even the most down-and-out Americans. As more and more members of the workforce began laboring in factories in the 19th century, however, society grew more polarized and new technology let businesses squeeze...
...promoting Ben Dover-branded merchandise. Honey explains that he has diversified since people started giving away porn for free on the Internet, rendering his filmmaking economically unviable. He has even developed a one-man show: Ben Dover - Innocent Until Proven Filthy, in which he pokes fun at "porno-land vs. reality. In porno-land, pizza delivery is a great job." The erotica show may draw the crowds, but there's no danger that Britain will ever be the natural home of eroticism. There's also no danger that Brits will ever stop finding sex a hoot...
...built with the latest aerodynamic and engine technologies. Organizations serving populations in crisis in developing countries need a plane that can operate safely on short dirt airstrips. The Kodiak, with its small wingspan of 45 ft. (15 m), advanced flap technology and high power-to-weight ratio, can land and take off in less than 700 ft. (210 m) and climb at a rapid 1,700 ft. per min. (520 m per min.). The Kodiak can be retrofitted for other uses such as border patrolling, hauling emergency equipment and carrying military paratroopers. That's why the British army...
...going to land, and what am I going to do next? I don't think about the people so much. If you get caught up in the moment and start to question yourself, that's when you get in trouble...
...have trouble finding the resources to post construction bonds (money contractors must offer up front as a guarantee that a job will be finished) on larger jobs. Serge Jean-Louis, a Haitian-American contractor and president of Nicon Engineering in Coconut Creek, Fla., near Fort Lauderdale, is struggling to land stimulus-related projects in South Florida. He says federal and state officials managing the stimulus should relax bond requirements for smaller firms and DBEs, "or we're going to be out of the stimulus picture." (See pictures of the global financial crisis...