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...economic crunch continues, both governments and corporations are watching their employees' health as carefully as their fiscal health - and trying to get staff to work at full capacity. But grand initiatives to boost attendance have run aground due to everything from union pressure to slack doctors to sneaky employers. In the Czech Republic, for example, it's not just the workers that abuse the system. Since the government picks up the sick-pay tab, some employers put workers on sick leave during seasonal drops in demand. As Jiri Hofman, deputy minister of labor and social affairs, told Time: "Some companies...
Merchant had an uncharacteristic off night, scoring only five points on 2-of-6 shooting. Prasse-Freeman picked up the slack, registering a double-double. He led the Crimson with 13 points and 10 assists...
...almost noon, and Bayarsakhan looks as if he has just woken up. His jaw hangs slack, and his face is marred by fresh gouges?the result, he says, of tripping onto barbed wire the previous night. It's -25?C, yet Bayarsakhan is wearing only a turtleneck sweater and wool pants, oblivious to the cold. He has nowhere to go, no job to occupy the bitter day ahead. So he stands here idly, amid a dense cluster of shacks, while haggard cows pick through garbage piles. After all his wanderings, the 30-year-old nomad has ended up here...
...seemingly androgynous genital area. Nothing can thwart Michelangelo’s throbbing turtlehood as it breaks through his turtle shell in an explosion of desire. It appears that Michelangelo is half-turtle, but all man. “Hey April, don’t cut me no slack,” Michelangelo murmurs. April eagerly complies...
Fortunately for the Crimson, it didn’t matter. While Tubridy picked up the slack in the first half, Peljto stepped up to finish...