Word: status
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said the 5000 to 6000 idled employees were being notified immediately of their "no-work" status and would receive lump-sum payments ranging from $270 to $640, depending on their normal wages. The laid-off workers include ticket and reservations agents, secretaries and other clerical workers, customer service workers and some management employees...
Unlike the America-in-Decline school of theorists, Fulbright refuses to admit that the United States is doomed to fall from its status as a predominant world power. Instead, he tries to come up with solutions to the problems that complicate U.S. foreign policy. Whether the issue in question is the Middle East, Vietnam or U.S.-Soviet relations, Fulbright sees the dilemma in terms of what can be done about...
...discourage sabotage by hackers, users must pledge to employ PEN for only legal purposes before they are allowed access to the system. "We expect to get a lot of the same questions we're getting now," says Assistant City Manager Lynne Barrette. " 'What's the status of a particular issue? To whom do I complain about the tree trimming on my street?' -- only via the computer...
That is one reason keyboards have a way to go before they attain pure musical respectability. "When the keyboard is used for gimmicks and effect, the status, the art and the tonality are lost," says Paul Ellison, chairman of the string department at the U.S.C. School of Music. "It's not coming from the soul of the artist, it's coming from the brain." Indeed, there are lots of switches and buttons to get used to, even on simpler keyboards...
Each department should appoint a representative to ensure that it is actively seeking minority and female candidates for open positions. The representative would maintain an official list of potential candidates and would prepare an annual report on the status of the department's hiring efforts...