Word: livelihood
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...point, he sought to dilute the committee's charges. "I am accused of kissing women," he said. "Not drugging, not robbing. Kissing." That in vited McConnell to respond, "These were not merely stolen kisses" but rather "physical coercion" directed primarily at women who depended on Packwood for their livelihood. Packwood's eleventh-hour demand for public hearings also earned the contempt of the panel, which noted he had waived his right to request a public airing and opposed Boxer's campaign to force the hearings. "The one who deliberately abused the process now wants to manipulate it to his advantage...
Surely they could muster some of that fervor to save the game that is their livelihood...
Some of the women she interviewed saw abortion as "a stop-gap measure to protect the livelihood of the [woman] and her family," Halkias said...
...choice to go pro is not one that most athletes face coming out of college. The prospects of making sport their livelihood, rather than just an extracurricular activity, are daunting, even for those with the talent to compete on the highest level...
Economic theory has caught up to the reality that basic and higher education plays an increasingly important role in the determination of incomes and livelihood. Human capital can be defined as the skills and technical knowledge workers possess. It is analogous to physical capital in that it is a complement to labor productivity and (by extenion) a complement to labor demand. It is also analogous to physical capital in that it represents the outcome of an investment: a costly expenditure in which benefits are spread out over a long period of time...