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...TECHNICIANS As machines keep getting more complex, with tiny microprocessors governing their every move, finding enough people to repair and maintain them is becoming harder. Heating and air-conditioning technicians are in high demand. Nationwide there are about 60,000 vacancies for car mechanics, who can earn anywhere from...
...Maoists surrounded his house in Surket to the northwest, tied his hands behind his back and demanded $170, his annual salary. They also said he should tear up the curriculum and start teaching "practical" education classes, such as giving instructions on how to sow potato seeds or repair a corn thresher. When Khada refused, they kicked him, shattered his legs with a stick packed in a rubber pipe and whipped him with a bicycle chain before leaving him for dead. "They told me they wanted to destroy all trace of the government and anything outside the party," says Khada. "They...
...exist. When Cliffies still graced the Quad, Hilles was the hot spot on campus. Harvard men would make the long trek north to study with the young women of Radcliffe. At times during their vigorous studying they could work up quite an appetite. These studious individuals could then repair to the top floor for snacks and conversation. All that remains today are two uninspired soda machines (what does a man have to do to get some half-and-half?) and the boarded up remnants of a grill...
...abuse scandal in the Catholic Church has wreaked spiritual havoc on the faithful - and their leaders. Bishop Wilton Gregory hopes to help repair that damage. Thursday, as America's Catholic cardinals left Rome, relief hung thick in the air: at last, activity would replace passivity. The unspeakable had been spoken, and the Pope himself had called the abuse "a crime." Now, when the press asks questions about the heinous crimes of priests, at least the country's cardinals and bishops will be able to acknowledge the problem, and remind parishioners that a solution is being worked...
...team of workers working to repair the infested area “are going to clean old food that was not washed out and has collected in the area,” he said. That old food has been creating the “compost” environment for flies to breed...