Word: workweek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pampered and protected in the industrial world. The average cost to employ a western German worker -- in pay plus such benefits as comprehensive health insurance | and generous pensions -- is about $23 an hour, compared with $15 for an American and $16 for a Japanese. That is for an average workweek of only 37.5 hours. Annual vacation is six weeks, plus at least 11 holidays a year. Educational subsidies and compulsory national service mean that most young people begin careers only in their late 20s or early 30s, and then retire as young...
...trust Mrs. Smith, whom can you trust? "The labels are all distorted," says Donna Krone, 41, an attorney in New York City who tries to sandwich a healthy diet into her high-pressure workweek. "The whole mess makes me want to just give up and order in Chinese food...
...Robinson's roots keep him grounded. He spends two days of each workweek at his Baltimore offices, which handle his trucking, port-servicing and real estate interests. Married for 27 years, he talks to his five children daily and says his offspring must gain business experience before coming to Hollywood. But Robinson does harbor at least one more fantasy: to be born again as a cinematographer. Whoever said there were no second acts in American life...
...Sunday, the White House reported that x-rays and blood tests showed no heart damage, but that the irregular beat persisted and that the patient would remain in the hospital during the day for further observation. Bush was still expected to return to a full workweek, however. If so, the episode would soon be over and forgotten. But it was a real scare, if only a momentary one, and a stark reminder that even the most vigorous and active of Presidents is only a heartbeat away from eternity...
...internships typically begin in the summer, and already this year's crop of new clerks is arriving in Washington to prepare for the opening of the court in the fall. The job pays $34,580 a year and requires 15-hour days, a seven-day workweek, completely sealed lips and absolute fidelity to the boss. The prestige attached to it routinely carries former clerks down the staircase of the Marble Palace and up the steps of the nation's most powerful law firms, law schools and government offices. More immediately, there is the exhilaration of the post itself...