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...ongoing national recession, which officials say has stalled developers' attempts to recruit tenants for their property, may give the city enough time to establish employment programs, but the impact on the job market has been anything but positive. Businesses ranging from large corporations to small local firms have suffered in this region. Polaroid, a major employer in the city, has in recent months laid off 350 workers and granted 1100 others early retirement. A typical small firm, Cybermation Inc., is struggling to survive after declaring bankruptcy. Even the unemployment office recently laid off four employees. Says City Councilor Walter Sullivan...
Even if new commercial activity expands the job market, some experts argue that the city will be caught unprepared to take advantage of the opportunity. Cambridge currently has no policy to recruit job-intensive industries and also lacks a municipal program for training under-employed and unskilled residents. The city office which had been at least nominally in charge of manpower and training closed last year because of budget cuts...
...captains. But the Indian pilot's perks, such as excellent away-from-home living accommodations, make his job the highest paying in India and bestow enormous social prestige. In other ways, India's pay scales show that money does not totally determine quality. A recruit in the Indian army receives only $259 a year (vs. about $5,500 for a U.S. Army private), yet that army is recognized as one of the best trained, most highly motivated in the world...
...perhaps irreparably. For one thing. The Review's attacks have undermined the morale of Black students--fending off racist innuendo has made it difficult for Afro-Americans to concentrate on studying. In addition, The Review is giving Dartmouth a reputation for racism that threatens the college's ability to recruit minority freshmen. And, most seriously, The Review's provocation have led to violence. A Black alumni official, Samuel Smith, was recently convicted for assaulting a Review editor following the "Dis Sho Ain't No Jive" editorial. The Review also claims that Black students slashed the tires and broke the windows...
...afraid that the Ivy League is heading in that direction," he continued. "I don't agree with the philosophy that we can't keep up with other school's that do recruit. I don't snatch handbags just because others do. Recruitment leads to refinement. The student body ends up fitting the teams needs and not vice versa...