Word: employment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...make yourself look too good. But if you want to get into the University of Costa Rica your performance on a standardized admissions exam is the only factor determining your admission and your ability to enter the career of your choice. The idea that a university should employ a large number of admissions officers devoted to reading application essays and listening to tapes of students' violin recitals seems downright bizarre...
...city of Cambridge and every other city that has passed a living wage ordinance requires subcontractors to meet its wage standard. Mechanisms have been developed in all these cities to force subcontractors to pay decent wages, and there is no reason to believe that Harvard could not employ similar means. In fact, Harvard already directly participates in determining the wages of its subcontracted workers through contract negotiations. As one of the largest and most powerful institutions in the state, Harvard has no trouble influencing the firms with which it does business...
...Spears, 'NSync, B*Witched and Christina Aguilera, the tracks are far from the best the artists have released. In fact, the majority of the songs on the soundtrack are little more than bland, unoriginal works whose peppy beats are quickly dulled by the simple and repetitious verses they all employ. To be fair to the album, the target audience must be considered. The problem is the album itself seems confused about who that audience is. The colorful artwork of the album's cover is sure to catch the eye of any pre-teen, who make up most of the faithful...
...often employ students as researchers in my projects," she writes in an e-mail, "Also, I have often used my connections to help students find internships and other positions in the outside world...
Paul C. Martin '52, chair of the committee on research policy that submitted the proposal, said that the proposed post is designed to enable to the university to employ top researchers in selected fields of science...