Word: wages
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...derogated. Then again, as a Southern Baptist, I'm also too familiar with the human sins of racism, sexism and classism. I know how hard people must struggle against such prejudices and stereotypes. "Redneck" is not a helpful word in that struggle. It's the same struggle I must wage to keep people from calling me "chink" or "Chinaman." I hope Crimson editors add it to their list of racially offensive terms and phrases. Sam Lowe Southern Baptist Chaplain
...process through which the basis for such an 'elite conspiracy' could be laid, a process he chose to call "reform." Based on the model of Brazilian President Geisel's "decompression", or "liberalization", Huntington recommended that the South African government pay attention to six factors. In order to wage a "two-front war against both stand-patters and revolutionaries" (p. 16), he said, reformers require...
...taken a beating over the past three months. A firm that finds its pension plan underfunded might have to dip into earnings or borrow from outside sources to meet its fixed obligations in the short term. Since pensions are based on salary scales, companies may choose to hold down wage increases to lower pension costs. Over the longer term, if the market stays depressed and squeezes earnings, many firms might be forced to reduce benefits for future retirees, postpone new investment or even cut their staff to restore solvency...
...military must be used wisely if it is to be used effectively. Armed force should be exercised only for a few specific purposes. Such purposes include removing an enemy's capacity to wage war and making a show of strength designed to persuade an adversary to stop its belligerent ways. Neither rationale lay behind the order to four Navy destroyers to shell an Iranian oil platform...
...study suggested a 23-point plan to solve the nation's hunger problem, including expanding relief groups and raising the minimum wage to meet inflated consumer prices. The report also recommended correlating the minimum wage to cost-of-living increases in the future, as well as extending unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed...