Word: localize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other parts of the world. In any given week, there are as many as 1,200-1,500 individuals working in short-term positions on the University's casual payroll. Who is hired for these positions and how much they are paid is at the discretion of local managers...
...addition to the discussions of the living wage issues, the committee will also consider other factors that traditionally are considered in determining wages: the local labor market; the kind of work being performed; working conditions; the existence of labor agreements to which a contractor has committed that are outside of Harvard's purview and that may well include benefits; and the University's obligation to exercise the fiscal prudence necessary to maintain high academic and research standards while holding tuition costs down...
Even Chang, a recent immigrant from northern China and the most proficient English speaker in the class, struggled to pronounce the word, "freeze." For a chef in a local Chinese restaurant, mastery of this word might make or break his culinary presentation and ensure employment success...
Thirty years ago today, members of Students for a Democratic Society stormed University Hall and evicted administrators. Their protest of the United States' involvement in Vietnam was eventually squashed by local police, but they did succeed in winning at least one victory--the eviction of the Reserve Officers' Training Program (ROTC) from the Harvard campus...
...students, Maggiore and McNmara, are from the Buffalo area, where Wilmers also lives. Wilmers said he is opleased that these students will have the chance to make an impact in his local community...