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Witness Weeks's theme was still protection, but protection of another kind. "I am here," he said, "to urge legislation to make jobs and protect jobs-the jobs of the more than 4½ million Americans whose livelihood is provided by world trade...
...months since the Diet passed Japan's first law banning prostitution, the brothelkeepers, banded into an organization called the National Venereal Diseases Prevention Autonomy Association (Zensei), have waged a stout battle to preserve their livelihood. Zensei directors called on the Chief Cabinet Secretary, persuaded the government to postpone enforcement of the law until April 1958. Zensei spoke with the air of an organization representing men of stature in the community. Some of its 35,000 members serve in provincial and municipal assemblies; others are directors of loan associations, better business bureaus, even P.T.A.s. A Zensei-sponsored petition protesting...
...dealers, whose livelihood can rest on their ability to size up a new client, his tastes and bank roll, Niarchos has proved to be one of the most enigmatic figures in the art world. Says one of London's leading dealers, "We all know of Niarchos; one or two of us have seen him now and then. We all agree that he is one of the world's more important collectors. But he's shadowy and aloof in the gallery realm. He remains behind the scenes...
...Lancashire weavers rioted in 1791 and burned to the ground a cotton mill newly set up by Edmund Cartwright, inventor of the power loom. Time and again as the Industrial Revolution spread, workmen fearful of losing their livelihood attacked new labor-saving machines with hammers and torches. Even today, some labor unions (e.g., building trades, printers, stagehands, locomotive engineers) combat technological progress with featherbedding practices; their leaders regard automation with a milder and more law-abiding version of the 18th century loom-wrecker's wild fear...
...Gulf, source of livelihood for the area's shrimp fishermen, across the tiny communities of Pecan Island, Creole...