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...realize," Hanna raged at fellow Republicans, "there's only one life between this madman and the presidency?" As Governor of New York, the job he occupied before joining McKinley's ticket, Roosevelt had pushed legislation to clean up sweatshops, strengthen state inspection of factories and cap the workday at eight hours. He was by no means a radical, as every radical would tell you, but he was convinced that if the legitimate grievances of laborers and the poor were not addressed, they would rise up to take matters into their own hands...
...Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun’s Supreme Court Journey” after she was the first print reporter to receive access to Blackmun’s papers and documents. “It was a thrill to pick her up at the end of the workday and hear her say, ‘You won’t believe what I found today,’” says Fidell, who commutes to work with Greenhouse each day.For her Class Day speech, Greenhouse says she will be drawing on her experience of covering the Supreme Court...
...trip, along the electric-powered silver train that in normal years carries about 13,000 passengers a day in relative comfort, has seen daily ridership spike to over 17,000 at points in recent months. What was once a leisurely, relatively pleasant way to start off and end the workday has become an exercise in elbow wrestling...
...company and school time, a number of immigration rights groups across the country are now viewing May 1 with the same wariness. Rather than looking at this day as an opportunity to paralyze the country, many coalitions are instead starting to promote activities that will coordinate with the workday, promote economic growth and help educate the public. That includes talking to their children about immigration before dropping them off at school, organizing a work lecture on voter registration, taking family to an evening vigil and, by all means, breaking out the wallet, especially for a community fundraiser. "People need...
Doesn't a 9-to-5 workday sound quaint? It's true. The world is just so pressured. Look at the generation we're creating, with Survivor and all that stuff. You're supposed to outwit everybody and double-deal. Nine to Five was trying to bring a female sensibility to the corporate world, which can really grind you down to nothing...