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...agencies while they struggle with a tough labor market. These accomplished workers--lawyers, accountants, engineers, biochemists--make up the fastest-growing segment of the temporary work force and account for as much as a third of the business of large temp firms. That's helped lift temp agencies, which tend to do well in a recovering economy, as companies use them to dip a toe into the hiring pool. Since April 2003, the temporary-services industry has gained 212,000 jobs, accounting for nearly one-third the total growth in payroll numbers...
...certain measure of futility built into it. If you were really serious about solving a problem, the reader can't help thinking, you wouldn't be sitting around crafting a gently mocking novel about it; you'd be out there doing something. The real targets of satire tend to be impervious to it, anyway. As Jonathan Swift put it, "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Of course, Swift is talking about far less sophisticated readers than you and I. Poor suckers...
Thomas adds that in his experience, while people tend to get excited at the worksite, channeling that energy towards the less glamorous task of fundraising is “the difficulty” of community service projects...
...think students tend to associate Springfest with that actual day of carnival events,” Haan says. “But we’re looking at it more as a Springfest weekend...
...Scientists quite justifiably tend not to believe things they can’t measure,” said Milton. “I’m not saying that one cannot measure airborne infectious agents now and in the future—the problem is that it is very hard and in the past was nearly impossible. New technology makes it increasingly feasible—so now is a fruitful time to do the research...