Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Supporters of the law argue that Japan cannot provide basic services such as education and medical care to the unskilled immigrants, who are concentrated in low-paying construction and manufacturing jobs that Japanese often shun. But opponents charge that the crackdown will "push Asian laborers into even more inferior working conditions and further Japan's xenophobia...
...budget's a mess; his bond rating's low...
SPOA members say that the minimum level of rents suggested by Rosenberg is far too low to provide landlords with the income necessary to properly maintain and improve their buildings...
Members of the Cambridge Tenants Union say they are also dissatisfied with Rosenberg's write up. Michael H. Turk, co-chair of the union, says his group wanted the city to initiate a program of outreach to specific landlords with low rents, rather than raise rents across the board...
...overall vote for both legislative and local races, the D.P.P. captured 30% of the ballots and independent candidates took 11%. That left the KMT, despite its control of the broadcast media and its fat campaign coffers, with a 59% share, an all-time low. The D.P.P.'s strong showing underscored growing resentment toward the KMT's 40-year political monopoly on Taiwan...