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...cover virtually its entire work force. Training is not currently viewed as a tax-free compensation, but it should be. If it were, companies wouldn't be directly compelled to train workers; but if they provided training for some employees (as they do now), they would then have to offer training to all--or lose their tax write-offs. Another part of the bargain could assuage industry concerns. To ameliorate the problem of burger flippers' moving on, trained employees could be required to sign employment contracts (as many professionals must do now). By forcing trained workers to stay...
...meat-and-potatoes product is DVD video, which is meant to send vhs and laser disc the way of all eight-track. Two dozen models of DVD players should reach the market this year at prices ranging from less than $500 to more than $1,000. All offer DVD's stunning sound and vision, along with the various bells and whistles that digital storage's interactive ease and sheer data acreage allow, including PG- and R-rated versions of a given movie on one disc, multiple languages, no rewinding, movie-and-game pairings, instant searches and every custom setup...
...potential rewards for all these outlays of money and time are tempting. While some contests merely offer trophies or teddy bears as prizes, others award cars, cash or scholarship money. A pageant based in Florida, Sunburst U.S.A. International, gives away more than $1 million in prizes every year. At age six, Lisa Iverson is already "Miss American Beauty Queen of Hearts," "Children of the World Supreme Winner," "U.S.A. National Scholarship Little Miss," Hawaiian Tropic "Superstar Photogenic," Hawaiian Tropic "Hollywood Babe" and "Miss American Starlet Fashion Model." She has won enough money to pay for college...
...high culture dead in America? Or have TIME's aesthetic taste buds gone dead? If all you can offer for "The Best Theater of 1996" is Rent as an updated opera, then American culture has indeed taken a dive. And as far as music is concerned, what happened to the brilliant performances of Wagner's Ring at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, or other noteworthy performances? How can watered-down rap as performed by the Fugees define what our culture should aspire to? Taste notwithstanding, you have completely ignored whole artistic genres. Your selection of the best should cover more...
...battered woman could speak--from experience. These women fear for their lives. My mother carried a small paring knife for protection against my father. Kay Weekley does not belong in jail. She should be with her children, who need all the love, compassion and understanding that their mother can offer, without the fear that their father caused. NAME WITHHELD ON REQUEST Santa Fe, New Mexico