Word: workers
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...last week. In a mere three days at the end of its 1979-80 term, the court settled cases involving the angrily disputed questions of abortion, racial quotas, freedom of the press, and the right of federal regulators to impose heavy financial burdens on business in the interest of worker safety...
Beyond the personal grief, back pain exacts a staggering social cost. In the U.S., 93 million workdays are lost each year be cause of back problems. In Sweden, where sick-pay benefits are liberal, backaches are the single largest cause of worker absenteeism. Americans, in their often fu tile quest for relief, now spend $5 billion a year for tests and treatment by a dizzying array of back specialists, including orthopedists, osteopaths, physical therapists and chiropractors, to say nothing of self-styled gurus who promote every man ner of cure. Billions more are paid out in disability claims, lawsuit awards...
...badly deteriorated. In major industries like farm machinery and consumer electronics, foreign manufacturers have captured increasingly large shares of the U.S. market. America has fallen behind important world competitors, such as Japan and West Germany, in capital formation, saving and investment, spending on research and development, and growth in worker productivity...
Visiting Brazil, a country in which doing something as simple as giving bread to a worker on strike can be a political act, Pope John Paul II last week did his work in the shadow of two Christs: the passive Christ who said, "My kingdom is not of this world," and the active Christ who called upon all mankind to "love thy neighbor as thyself...
...literally, most of the color in Film Travel Club. Though Soviet TV sets, unlike most other consumer goods, are of excellent quality, only about 7% are equipped to receive color. Since a 23-in. color set costs $980, or the equivalent of four months' salary for the ordinary worker, most armchair travelers will continue to see the world in black and white for a long time to come...