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Word: tomar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...JULIUS TOMAR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 30, 1973 | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

...Tomar Industries of Haiti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 30, 1973 | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

...wage required by Haitian law. Many of the jobs they find are in small assembly plants, which contract with foreign firms for the cheap labor of Haitian workers. In one plant, 3.7 million Rawlings baseballs are stitched together every year for export to the U.S. Explains Owner Jules Tomar: "Baseball sewing is a nonexistent art in the U.S." But even these jobs are few and far between; at least one-third of the Haitian population is unemployed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Haiti: New Island in the Sun | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

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