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Still, the worst of the wave of layoffs that began in August is probably over. Indeed, the actual number of workers employed in April rose by 320,000 over the month before; but that was not enough to offset the rise in the national unemployment rate, caused by the flow of new job seekers entering the market...
...Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will recruit minority students last year in a coordinated effort with six other graduate schools in an attempt to offset the recent decline in minority applications Peter S. McKinney, administrative dean of the GSAS, said yesterday...
...tung and Chou Enlai, to Paris for talks with French leaders. Peking will probably also try to strengthen its ties with Japan and the U.S. Ironically, the Communist triumph in South Viet Nam could push China into a closer relationship with the West and Japan in an effort to offset growing Soviet influence in Southeast Asia...
Political Awareness. There is also concern, at least among whites, that once the Portuguese presence is gone, old tribal differences may assert themselves. To offset this danger, Frelimo officials have been conducting a political awareness campaign all over the country, 90% of whose people are illiterate. Teams of young recruits have scoured bush villages to advertise Frelimo's political and social doctrines-no drunkenness, only one wife, equal rights for women (Frelimo has women soldiers and one woman Cabinet member...
Looking around me. I noticed for the first time that Mem Hall had been transformed into a Barnum and Bailey-like infiemary. Bunches of helium filled balloons dotted the area, occasionally rising to the dusty rafters. This festive touch was offset by the green operating tables full of donors which took up half the building's floor space...