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...Governor Zell Miller two years ago, has been equally aggressive about running on his own Horatio Alger-like biography. He went from working in his father's gas station at age 10 and putting himself through college selling pots and pans door to door, to founding Norrell Corp., a temp-services company that had $812 million in revenue last year. It is a rare campaign appearance where Millner does not mention his experience as a businessman--a "Christian businessman" before some audiences--and the need in Washington for more elected officials with his background...
...involved a significant reduction in earnings: moved to a less stressful job, turned down a promotion or refused relocation. More and more mothers work part-time, though they routinely make less an hour than full-time workers doing the same job. And since 1990 the nation's mostly female temp force has mushroomed more than 85%. Yet only 8% of temps receive health benefits; pensions, vacations and sick days are virtually unheard of. In some cases, those part-time jobs are second jobs: in 1971, 20% of moonlighters were women; today almost half are. The trend, says Karen Nussbaum...
...tremulousness that almost always ensures their solitude. In The Hot Dog War a young man who fixates on a beautiful woman he meets on the street cannot help bringing his best friend along on their first and only date. In Nondestructive Testing a former divinity-school student turned office temp is entranced by a comely receptionist until she makes the bold first move of offering him some chocolates...
Mullin also said that the company has pursuedlocal talent for the job. Among those he mentionedwere the employment of seven local temp agenciesand the aggressive recruitment of local highschool and college students...
However, this episode is worth watching to see the skits in which the show orchestrates the transition of hosts. Mike Nelson (Mike Nelson), the new host, is hired as a temp by the evilbosses to help organize their office for an audit.Meanwhile, Cambot, a third robot friend whoappears only in skits, plans Joel's escape. Iwon't reveal the brilliant climax, except to saythat Mike finds himself as Joel's unfortunatereplacement on the Satellite of Love...