Word: thousands
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...Thirty thousand," I suggest...
...Thirty-five thousand?" I venture...
...Astoria, demonstrators and cops shivered in a cold, persistent drizzle; inside, delegates sweltered in the over-heating that seems to tempt every hotel manager. As they negotiated the temperature gradient between Park Avenue and the Waldorf's Peacock Alley, you could also almost see, as well as hear, a thousand snuffles. The mood of attendees was not helped, either, by the never ending line for the hand-held gizmo that enables you to sign up for sessions remotely; I got mine at the third attempt...
According to the report, Harvard currently employs more than a thousand workers (a figure that does not include part-time, or “casual,” employees) who earn less than the “living wage” of $10.68 determined by the Cambridge City Council last year. Most of these workers, some 95 percent, are employed as custodians, dining hall staff, security guards and parking attendants. Nearly three out of four low-wage laborers at Harvard are recent immigrants and people of color; more than a third lack a high school degree. In an attempt...
...That's great news for the country's volunteer leaders. "Four thousand hours is an ambitious goal," says Sandy Scott, spokesman for the Corporation for National and Community Service the federal agency that coordinates USA Freedom Corps, a new organization that matches Americans with volunteer opportunities. "But we hope people are up for it," he says. "So far, there's been a lot of outpouring of patriotic feeling, but that needs to be translated into good works." While volunteerism did surge briefly after 9/11, the numbers have leveled off again around 44 percent...