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...careers, for example, and people just coming into the labor force and beginning to look for work. Economists call this phenomenon "frictional" unemployment, and some, including Feldstein, are counting it as part of structural unemployment when they use a rate as high as 6% or 7%. According to some rough calculations, about half of that is probably frictional...
...fragile that she looks as if she would be tossed head over heels by the giant hoop earrings she always wears, Hunter never belts out a song. Instead, she unwraps it, slowly and artfully. Her voice is deeper and more mellow than it was 50 years ago, not rough but grainy and textured. It is wool rather than silk and as warm and comfortable as Grandmother's blanket...
THERE ARE A FEW rough spots. The men working in the chain gang under the noon sun in the opening shots do not seem to sweat; their shirts are dry and pressed. Some of the dialogue in the police precinct is terrible: "You know," says a female ballistics expert to Nolte, "there are some really bad people out there." Nolte quips in return that they would all be out of a job if it weren't for the bad people. Back to the streets...
...NOTEBOOK Referee William Riley called a loose game he's coach of Division II titlist Lowell, known for it rough play. The icemen head west this week end for games at Colgate and Cornell, Scott Fusco still leads the NCAA with an averaged of three points per game. At Bright Center UNH 1 2 2-5 Harvard...
...face lies about the balance of power. When we say there is military parity between the Soviet Union and America we are being tremendously generous to ourselves. A rough parity exists, but you have to understand we have 60% to 70% of your gross national product. If you put America and Western Europe together, we have about 35% of your G.N.P...