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...received not a single viable offer. The kinds of jobs he was most likely to get he couldn't take. Because of an old neck injury, he can't do heavy manual labor--a common problem among former inmates, who, because of their intimate history with violence and needles, tend to have far more medical problems than average Americans. He responded to an ad in the paper for a bathroom-attendant firm in Manhattan. Impressed by Sanders' demeanor, the interviewer said his record was no problem. But the jobs were off the books, a forbidden arrangement under his parole conditions...
There is one piece of good news about girl teen drivers: their skills tend to improve more quickly than those of boys. By the time girls reach 19, their crash rates fall, and they are less of a menace on the road...
...self-esteem, support groups, life structure and use of time. Friendship, she notes, is an ingredient in all of them. And, observes gerontologist Rosemary Blieszner of Virginia Tech, a host of studies conducted in the past decade indicate retirees who enjoy a rich social life with family and friends tend to be healthier...
Roubaix, a thriving textile center in the 19th century, was hit by a slump in the '60s. These days the Roubaisiens who have jobs - unemployment is 14% - tend to work in retail and advertising rather than in factories. Figuring that tourism could be an option for a place that had run short of them, in 1990 Gaudichon persuaded the city to convert the derelict swimming pool into a home for Roubaix's unseen treasures. They included a unique hoard of textile patterns and samples dating back to 1839, as well as an art collection that had been closed to public...
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles wrote in an e-mail that he “absolutely agree[s] with the president that adjectives like ‘exciting, promising, and brilliant,’ tend to be more persuasive than adjectives like “distinguished, and eminent” when describing professors...