Word: less
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...referendum on the November state ballot will ask voters whether the state should be allowed to pay laborers less than the going rate...
...referendum's opponents said the law is necessary to insure that the state uses properly skilled laborers. If the law is repealed, the state would be able to pay less than union rates and would tend to hire non-union--and less expensive--labor...
...referendum question on this year's ballot would, if approved, close nuclear power plants in the common-wealth because of the hazardous wastes they produce. Supporters say Question Four would make the state use other, less harmful sources of energy...
...minority presence on the faculty cannot be said to exist simply because a Black man or woman will occasionally deliver a lecture. Less than 7 percent of the Harvard faculty is considered minority and that includes counting foreign nationals and Asian-Americans. This situation will persist until the University begins to hire Blacks and other minorities for tenured positions on a more regular basis...
...fashioned art lovers, a museum is a building that elevates the spirit and lowers the pulse rate. In this cathedral, the faithful speak in reverent whispers or stand silently before paintings, which demand leisure and concentration for the appreciation of their subtleties. Other visitors, less awestruck, may squirm through the solemnity, like a child dragooned to High Mass. Or find a seat in the vestibule and fall asleep...