Word: losses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Monrovia's local school district faces a loss of 44 of its 250 certified teachers. Some academic programs and most of the "frills," including athletics and music programs, will probably have to be reduced or shelved. So perhaps will summer school, with its remedial classes...
Starting at five months, as the baby becomes alert and exploratory, the merger begins to break down. The baby's growing independence is tinged with uncertainty and loss. "Peekaboo" is a serious game; the baby toys with separateness without fearing that he or she will be abandoned. In "Catch Me," a separation game found in many cultures, the child creeps quickly away, looking back over its shoulder to make sure the mother is in pursuit. The child both wants to be caught and wants to escape...
...boycott of meat products five years ago. Beef is rising because cattlemen are not sending their animals to slaughter. During 1975, 1976 and 1977, slumping meat prices encouraged ranchers to cut the size of their herds, lest they become stuck with steers that could only be sold at a loss come market time. By this year, the nation's cattle stock had dropped to a seven-year low of 116 million head, and the scarcity began to force prices...
Since some transfers are inevitable, companies are trying to make the moves as painless as possible. Many companies use elaborate relocation services that take care of all arrangements, including the sale of the old house and the purchase of the new one?at no loss to the transferred executive. Raises are generally fattened, particularly if the move is to an unattractive or expensive area such as New York City or Cleveland. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. automatically raises the base pay of managers sent to areas where living costs are higher than the national averages. The cost of living...
...option of joining the corporation. Some of them may prefer to look elsewhere for employment, because the nature of their jobs in the new system will be quite different. "They shouldn't consider the corporation a threat. I had no plans to make anyone feel threatened by the loss of their job," Wyatt says, adding that he doesn't expect that anyone will be sent a notice informing them to leave their offices by a certain date. Wyatt says that he consulted several senior real estate department officials before creating the new corporation, and he does not think the announcement...