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...change from an agrarian to an industrial society, so one can now see the lineaments of a post-industrial society. Today in the U.S., 64 out of every 100 people are engaged in services; by 1980 about 70 out of every 100 will be employed in that sector. And these are new kinds of service, not those characteristic of an agrarian society (largely household servants) or an industrial economy (largely the auxiliary services of transportation and utilities, as well as some banking), but "human services" (the expansion in medical care, education and social welfare), professional technical services (research, planning, computer...
...even within the industrial sector, there has been an extraordinary change as automation has begun to replace both unskilled and semiskilled workers. The man on the production line is giving way to the man who watches the dials or the man who comes in, as a skilled worker, to repair the machine. Repairmen and foremen accounted for 75% of the growth in skilled jobs since...
...Palestinian problem is nowhere in sight, and there seems little hope for compromise on ownership of the West Bank of the Jordan. Jerusalem is coveted by both sides for its religious shrines and its symbolic authority, but the Israelis are even now building apartment houses in the Arab sector of the city...
...officials squared off against the city's union leaders. Representing about 65% of the 320,000 municipal workers, the unions have gained an estimated 129% salary increase for their full-time employees between 1961 and 1973, in contrast to an 85.2% increase in the city's private sector. For four days and almost as many nights, the negotiations rum bled on, punctuated by occasional outbursts that could be heard through the closed hotel room doors. "For Christ's sake!" ... "F___ that!" ... "I'm fed up with Gotbaum!" ... "If you think there's garbage...
...Cyprus, the Turkish community last week began to commemorate an anniversary of its own-the July 20 "liberation by the Turkish peace operation" (meaning military invasion) that brought about the island's division. The Turkish sector was ablaze with thousands of bright red Turkish flags unfurled for the occasion. Significantly, no one seemed to be showing any Cyprus flags. That contrasted markedly with the chastened Greeks, who displayed only the flag of the island itself: a gold map of Cyprus encircled by an olive-branch garland on a white background. For the first time ever, the blue-and-white...