Word: worker
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Over years of strife, Jerusalem's Arab and Israelis have perfected their radar for telling each other apart and for knowing when they've strayed too far into hostile territory. Every morning, I watch an Arab worker quicken his pace as he traverses to the Israeli side of my street. He lowers his eyes to the pavement to avoid trouble from Israeli cops who are frequently waiting there, checking IDs. On Hebron Road, he flags down a cramped, Arabs-only bus because if he boarded one of the big, air-conditioned Israeli ones, passengers might think he was a suicide...
...crowd to come in twice a week for about 30 minutes--at a cost of about $125 a month--to memorize letter charts and study flash cards. "I didn't feel like my son was where he could be," says Gina Monteiro, 38, a quality-assurance worker in Indianapolis who in June started taking her 4-year-old to lengthy sessions at a place called ABC's of Phonics three times a week because he had yet to learn the alphabet...
...early tutoring could hurt kids' ability to become lifelong learners. After citing a study that shows graduates of academically intensive preschools are more anxious and less creative than regular nursery-school alums, the University of Delaware professor asks, "Do you want your child to be the boss or a worker...
...which has a special exhibit on the caucuses. The museum also is hosting the debut of a theatrical production filled with stock caucus characters including: an Iowa farmer named "Eldon Wise" and his family (a.k.a. typical Iowa caucus-goers); political candidates, left, right and center; Marlon, an unemployed factory worker; and Mavis, a waitress at the local cafe. The production is called, naturally, "Caucus! The Musical...
That's exactly what some tea producers are trying to do. Tata Tea's Kanan Devan estate in Kerala, in southern India, gives each worker shares in the company. Although Tata is otherwise exiting the plantation business, this new ownership model has the unofficial support of many tea producers and trade-union leaders. Ambootia workers raise organic oranges and ginger, which the company markets abroad. At Makaibari Tea Estate in Darjeeling, owner Rajah Banerjee gives workers cows and buys back manure for use on the estate. "My mantra is, Partnership with workers, not ownership," says Banerjee...