Word: runge
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...period, that statement could not have rung truer. Setting down after the first few shaky minutes, Harvard hustled on the offense and presented a solid defensive wall to the frustrated Huskies. Defenseman Alice Hill refused to let Northeastern shoot past the slot, while co-captain Firkins Reed consistently moved the puck up center ice into Huskie territory...
Cutting Off the Bottom Rung...
Your article "Climbing That First Job Rung" [Jan. 21] should have been the cover story. Economist Walter Williams claims that the rising minimum wage almost guarantees maximum unemployment for the young and unskilled. Because of the unearned rise in hourly wages, how many people age 14 to 17 are out of a job? We've cut the bottom rung off the economic ladder...
Williams also favors adopting the European-style apprentice system, in which young people work at relatively low wages for several years as assistants to skilled plumbers, carpenters or other craftsmen, learning their trade. Another way to help minorities onto that crucial first rung of the career ladder would be to ease or eliminate state licensing laws that keep many occupations tight and closed. Williams is appalled that "roughly 600 occupations are licensed in the U.S. In some states you need a license to be a cosmetologist or a landscaper. To become a commercial photographer in Texas, you need a negative...