Word: shavings
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...worker when his or her plant shuts down? Not much. Under GM's contract with the U.A.W., laid-off workers are entitled to 95% of their salary plus benefits for nearly two years. So while closing factories saves money on materials and overhead, it takes quite a while to shave the payroll and bolster the bottom line. Wagoner is expected to pressure the union to modify the severance deals when the contract is renegotiated...
...other way around. The show's reproduction of the Seasons sound is quite astute; the songs sound pretty much as they did on record, except that instead of fading out they often end with a flourish; and they are played faster, as if the producers wanted to shave a few minutes off the running time, so the audience could catch an earlier PATH train back to Newark...
...writ of habeas corpus to a black prisoner when a juror made a racist remark after the trial, which emphasized the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury. Alito also authored a unanimous decision in Police v. City of Newark, ruling against a law that require police officers to shave their beards, because such laws violate officers’ civil liberties...
...type, normally personified by grad students in the English Department. These men sometimes wear oxford shirts, which can be paired with sweaters and/or dark wash jeans. Their bags, which probably contain Rimbaud and Jack Daniels, are strikingly large and resemble overgrown purses. Sometimes Academic Metrosexuals don’t shave and often their hair is slightly too asymmetrical or long to be fashionable. They get a big bang out of drinking Peet’s Coffee because the cups (and, one might argue, the coffee) are made out of recycled material. HAP-Q: 821.73 (Available, but “straight?...
...less rigorous than the three-year program, but merely condensed and presented more quickly. Indeed, admissions criteria will be tougher for the expedited class to make sure applicants are up to the quickened pace. Some 80 fast learners are expected the first year. So if they can shave off a year from their studies, does that mean they'll pass along the cost savings to starter clients by lowering hourly rates? Don't bet on it. But seasoned legal experts aren't automatically nixing the concept. Says one veteran litigator, "You don't learn anything in the third year...