Word: laboring
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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When bus drivers in Fez joined a nationwide general strike called by Morocco's two major labor unions earlier this month, government officials thought they had a simple remedy: they put soldiers and police officers behind the wheel...
...unspecified increases in wages and improved social benefits. Morocco's ills, however, are not easily fixed. Under an austerity program drawn up by the badly indebted country, only 15,210 new jobs will be created next year -- meager pickings for the 350,000 young Moroccans who will enter the labor market...
Clean, precise writing or speaking requires systematic, sequential thought. Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care. William Faulkner would isolate himself in a small cell-like room and labor over his words like a jeweler arranging tiny jewels in a watch. Thomas Mann would consider himself lucky if, after a full day at his desk, he was able to put down on paper 500 words that he was willing to share with the world...
...Labor strikes in the coal-producing regions and elsewhere have contributed their share in crippling the national economy, already weakened by inflation. The irony of these strikes, of course, is that the workers shouldn't need to strike in a state where they are by law their own bosses. With this in mind, Lenin outlawed strikes during the civil war following the October Revolution...
...cannot remain the world's leading economy...without equipping...future labor with the skills they'll need...