Word: sicklied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard Coach Karyn Altman said yesterday. "I hope that the team decided what I decided that I was pretty sick of watching them play they stay they had been playing. They had less energy than was needed...
Takers of make-up examinations fall into self-explanatory categories ranging from legitimate convalescents and over-sleepers, to the legendary "sick...
...story told by most sick-outs is the same: work has piled up so thickly that mental and physical exhaustion make taking the final exam impossible. Many feel they could do much better given more time...
...inflation rate of 8.5% and a budget deficit of $12.8 billion (about 12% of the country's gross national product, in contrast to the U.S. deficit of about 4%), Fälldin tried to trim social-welfare spending. He cut back on such popular measures as pensions, sick pay and subsidies for rent and food. The subsequent outcry virtually ensured last week's election to the Social Democrats...
Once in office, Palme hopes to apply his party's free-spending credo as a panacea for Sweden's sluggish economy. He promised to cancel planned cuts in sick pay and to increase funding for child-care centers. Unemployment compensation and pensions will be raised to keep up with inflation. In addition, Palme has proposed a mammoth $320 million government investment scheme to build new roads, bridges and housing projects that he believes will generate up to 40,000 new jobs. To finance the programs, the Social Democrats want to hike the country's 21.5% sales...