Word: toils
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plain seven-story red-brick building that stands on the north bank of the Kanda River in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district housed a women's unit of General MacArthur's Occupation Army. On the outside, nothing distinguishes the building from other office blocks in the Japanese capital. Inside, employees toil elbow to elbow in open work areas illuminated by fluorescent lights, and the air is heavy with cigarette smoke. Yet the modest facade masks the nerve center of a powerful financial empire: Nomura Securities, the largest, richest and most profitable securities firm on earth...
Boil, boil, toil and trouble...at Jamaica Pond's One-Act extravaganza--"Sinister Acts: An Evening of Creepy Plays". Presented by the Open Door Theater, the spine tingling evening includes Larry Blamire's "The Ha'nt", Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", and Martin Epstein's "Mysteries of the Bridal Night". Performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. through August 27. Tickets are $8. Call 524-2980 for more details...
Deep in the bowels of the building, the employees toil in cramped, poorly ventilated rooms, working up to 70 hours a week without overtime. A Dickensian tale about a 19th century sweatshop? Hardly. The scene takes place in the mail "folding room" of the U.S. House of Representatives, where workers have long complained about "prison-like" conditions of employment...
...soften the wounds of a harsh day's toil...
...Despite a U. S. crackdown, many workers toil amid unsafe conditions. -- Ford settles with its autoworkers. -- Smokeless cigarettes...