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Still other labor experts point to the doleful performance of the U.S. public education system as an area that badly needs shoring up. Says one job- placement executive in Atlanta: "There is a major gap between the business community and the schools. They need to produce a student who can get a first job." Money for improving education, however, is in short supply. As frustrations mount, the striking fact is that jobs in the U.S. are literally going to waste...
Getting tenured positions at the same schoolfor both a husband and a wife requires a mixtureof talent, perseverance, and sheer luck. For sucha dual-placement to work out, exactly the rightsort of slots have to be available at exactly theright times, and the married scholars each have tobe exactly the sort that the school is lookingfor...
...major risks had been the possibility of killing Soviet personnel, who were known to be present at Surt. But the U.S. had quietly informed Moscow of its intentions in advance. Says one Navy source, referring to the placement of Gaddafi's "line of death": "We told the Soviets explicitly what we intended to do, including transiting below the 32nd parallel. They didn't have to read between the lines." When the attacks were launched, the Soviets apparently were not around. "Maybe they were taking a coffee break," said one official wryly. The Soviets had one communication ship anchored at Surt...
...example, unions at Eastern Airlines last month took an 18 percent pay cut in exchange for a 25 percent share in the ownership of the company and the placement of four workers on the board of directors. Yet the plan doesn't seem to have worked in the employees favor. Workers are now considering another strike and the company is attempting to pay off a staggering debt...
Harvard regained the lead at 12-11, but good placement by the Engineers and another Daly block paved the way for a 15-12 M.I.T. victory. Not until the final play of the game did more than two points separate the two squads...