Word: worker
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...police thought they'd been looking everywhere. But it turns out they should have been looking down - at the cotton swabs they were using to collect DNA samples. On March 26, German police revealed that the cotton swabs they use may have all been contaminated by the same worker at a factory in Austria - and that the Phantom of Heilbronn never existed...
...This raised suspicions that the DNA found at all the Phantom's crime scenes might be traced to a single innocent factory worker, probably employed to package the swabs. Cotton swabs are sterilized before being used to collect DNA samples, but while sterilizing removes bacteria, viruses and fungi, it does not destroy DNA. (Read a TIME cover story...
...money saved by the cuts was substantial enough to justify the lost jobs. Regardless of whether Harvard accepts the “stimulus,” Decker said, such a gesture of aid from the City would hopefully shame Harvard into realizing how unnecessary and immoral low-wage worker cuts are in light of its overall fiscal scheme...
...some councillors said they thought that layoffs are consistent with Harvard’s past behavior, and Councillor Tim Toomey said that the low-wage worker cuts are “just a continuation of how Harvard treats its employees...
Councillors said they hoped to see Harvard and MIT representatives at the next Council meeting to defend the low-wage worker cuts in person...