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...trying to avoid trouble with their constituents and the Romans. "There was surely an admixture of insincerity, self-protective cunning, honest religious devotion, conscientious self-searching, and fanaticism," Brown concludes. Among the less-than-noble motives: Jesus had uttered prophecies against the Temple, which by one estimate provided the livelihood of 20% of Jerusalem's population...
...argues that the arrangement would affect the livelihood of many Japanese and South Korean rice farmers, threaten textile workers in Europe and the U.S., and create problems for factory workers at inefficient plants worldwide. Such losses should, in theory, be offset by new employment in export-related industries, where wages are usually higher than average -- 17% higher in the U.S, for example. An accord should also lower prices for consumers, who ultimately pay the hidden costs of protectionism. A U.S. family of four pays as much as $420 a year more for clothes than necessary, thanks to high U.S. textile...
...Reich gets his way, the economic livelihood of thousands of people across the country will be put into grave danger. Study after study has proven that jobs are lost when the government coerces businesses to pay a certain wage regardless of the worker's contribution...
...reveal his formula for success--where to stand, when to work, what to say--those are secrets of his trade. He emphasizes that this is his livelihood; that information...
...desirable feature of relationships. Isn't procreation a necessary part of an elevated relationship if it is complete? It is hard to think of the business of conceiving and raising the next generation as merely optional, in which society has no interest. Surely we teachers depend for our livelihood on an ever-renewed supply of young people. And what of shame? Where is the protection--always as difficult to justify as it is indispensable--for human dignity...