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...have to go -- and by the way, this is voluntary, right? A 51-year-old executive at a major musical-instrument manufacturer claims he was sent to sit alone in the basement under half the normal amount of lighting with no work to do until he quit. Workers urged to take early retirement, like older employees of a plant that Nissan plans to close in Zama, are not counted as jobless either...
...scary place to work," said one Union employee. "I've heard workers [at other Harvard dining halls] say they would quit before they work in the Union...
...drug addicts and petty criminals who frequented the restaurant; many of them had taken part in the destruction and seemed to have become less law-abiding as a result. One night, after a customer was shot to death by a police officer while Katherine looked on in horror, she quit her job and went on welfare...
...your dream/ Of a Republic for the workin' class, economic liberty," Kirwan sings on the cut James Connolly. There's morbid humor too, as on the semiautobiographical song Maria's Wedding, about a drunk, frustrated suitor who crashes an ex- girlfriend's nuptials, promising the bride he'll quit his band and "even...
...years later Robins persuaded state legislators to put up funds for three more lawyers. Even then, lawyers could manage only cursory conferences with clients just 30 minutes before their court appearance. In 1991 Robins again went begging for dollars. When she was accused of having a "management problem," she quit. The move caused such a furor that the Governor promised additional funds. Albuquerque's chief public defender, Kelly Knight, now has 16 lawyers, but the pace is still grueling. "I'm 34, not married, and I have no children," Knight says. "But I'm really, really burned out." She plans...