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...work force by 1995, vs. some 70% today. Major gainers are expected to be secretaries, cashiers, nurses and salesclerks, according to projections of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Manufacturing employment's share, meanwhile, is likely to hold steady. The decline in basic industries should be offset by gains in such growing fields as medical and dental instruments, computers and communications gear...
...Soviet convoy by firing rocket-propelled antitank grenades in front of the enemy vehicles and behind them. Then, from their mountain hideouts, they rained heavy machine-gun fire down upon their stranded prey. Forty Soviet vehicles went up in flames, and pillars of thick black smoke billowed hundreds offset into...
...does not appear too nervous about that problem. It intends to offset the slightly lower profit margin by getting more customers and hanging on to them longer. Currently the company loses about 40% of its customers annually because of MCI's long and cumbersome access codes or occasionally poor connection quality that is due to inadequate switching systems. Those difficulties should ease with equal access to local tele phone systems...
...explaining that paradox, the authors note that Big Labor uses its power in both positive and negative ways. They readily concede that collective bargaining can drive up wages and thus eat into corporate profits. But that harmful impact, they argue, is more than offset by the improvements that unions make in working conditions. Among the beneficial results: better morale and increased productivity...
...lost a bundle in 1976 and almost did not complete construction of its stadium in time for the opening ceremonies. Although local business thrives during an Olympiad, the host's tax coffers are rapidly depleted. If the site of the Games were made permanent, the initial expenditure would be offset by a lack of building requirements for all subsequent Olympiads. The initial construction costs themselves might be spread out, and assumed by the various participating nations...