Word: loath
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...filtering institutions may be inevitable, but it is no cause for celebration. The parties, Big Media and Congress are, Lord knows, unwieldy, obtrusive and often offensive. But they're all we've got. Until we find something else to stand | between us and the maximum leader, we should be loath to throw them away...
...emphatic, headstrong side of the President -- a side the Irish would relish -- is rarely seen. She admits that she doused the spontaneous side of her nature when she joined the bewigged, masculine Irish bar. Even now she is loath to provide a glimpse into her exemplary private life. When she toured the U.S. last fall, she came across as rather straitlaced. An American who talked to her said the unthinkable: "She's Nancy Reagan -- only good...
...wider approval than the regional nonprofit theater movement. But the acclaim has tended to obscure three dirty little secrets. First, many of these institutions have been afflicted with an edifice complex, caring more about glistening facilities than about what goes on inside them. Second, the regional houses have been loath to risk developing new plays and, even more, new musicals. Third, at many of them the acting is mainly mediocre. A seeming example of the first and third shortcomings is the Denver Center Theater. The four-stage complex is as impressive an array of arts buildings as can be found...
After years of nonstop improvement, German workers are loath to accept any reduction in their comfortable standard of living. They are the most pampered and protected in the industrial world. The average cost to employ a western German worker -- in pay plus such benefits as comprehensive health insurance | and generous pensions -- is about $23 an hour, compared with $15 for an American and $16 for a Japanese. That is for an average workweek of only 37.5 hours. Annual vacation is six weeks, plus at least 11 holidays a year. Educational subsidies and compulsory national service mean that most young people...
...that would force companies to spend equally for this purpose. Current worker-training schemes are virtually useless, he notes correctly. "Roughly 70% of corporate training expenses serve only 10% of employees," explains Rob Shapiro of the Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist think tank that is advising Clinton. "Companies are loath to train lower-rung employees for fear they'll leave for other jobs once their skill levels improve. Compelling all U.S. corporations to spend similarly on training will help...