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Freeman, a native of Newburgh, N.Y., attended Dartmouth as an undergraduate before coming to Harvard to obtain his doctorate. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1970 to 1973, after which he returned to Harvard as a junior faculty member, gaining tenure in the late 1970s. Most of Freeman's early work focused on external labor markets, in simple terms, this meant the problem of finding a job. As his mentor Dunlop has done. Freeman has chosen to publish his research in books, rather than in articles in technical journals, which he says are often forgotten. Before What...
American firms constitute only 17 percent of all foreign investment in South Africa, but they are dominant suppliers of strategic goods like computers, petroleum, heavy tracks and mining and energy technology, according to U.S. Department of Commerce statistics. South Africa can obtain crucial goods like these from other sources only with extreme difficulty and much greater expense. Many essential products--particularly sophisticated computer equipment--cannot be produced locally...
Although Britain and Argentina have cautiously begun to explore the possibility of resuming diplomatic ties and trade, the Thatcher government insists that the islands' sovereignty will never be discussed. The Falklanders, who used to be able to travel to Argentina to buy supplies or obtain health care, take their isolation in stride, even if it means a continuing decline in their living standard. For British taxpayers, however, the price remains high. Defense of the islands is now costing $874 million a year, or $467,000 an islander. -By John Kohan. Reported by Gavin Scott/Port Stanley
Nippon Kokan President Minoru Kanao said that the venture is "in line with our long-cherished strategy to obtain a production outpost in the U.S." He wants to sell steel to the Japanese automakers that are building assembly lines in America, but Kanao feared that Washington might raise protectionist barriers. Imports from Japan, South Korea, Mexico and other countries have captured about 25% of the American steel market, and U.S. companies are pressuring Congress to limit the foreign share...
...chapter of The Great Gatsby in which Gatsby manages to bed Daisy Buchanan. Irene Worth is Fitzgerald's former mistress who protects that cache, and Jeff Daniels is an English instructor who will do anything, including going to bed with Worth's homely granddaughter (Stockard Channing), to obtain...