Apprenticeships as Paths to Skilled Trades in the 1980s
The piece describes apprenticeship as a key route into trades such as plumbing, roofing, and metalworking, noting 50,000 completions in 1976 with 59 percent in construction. It cites the Labor Department on training value and lists example trades, job outlooks, and the impact of economy on completion rates. Saturday offers additional opportunities for high school graduates.
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Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Sexual harassment in the office who harasses whom
Opinion piece questions who harasses whom in white collar work. It contrasts women's and men's stories and suggests the truth may lie between both sides while highlighting office dynamics and consent issues.
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Washington
Women’s Liberation
Tosh
Miss Samuels
Johnny Carson
Linda
Cleo the pig joins a Florida family as an unintended pet
In Winter Haven Florida Cleopatra a one pound piglet rejected by her mother six months ago now spends days on a living room couch and rides in the family car. Katie Cox says Cleopatra weighs about 200 pounds and may reach 400 while living with the Cox family who joke she thinks she is going to market.
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Winter Haven
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Cleopatra
Katie Cox
Cleo
Advances in diabetes understanding praised by WHO experts
Geneva reports that 15 years of research have yielded major gains in diabetes knowledge and control. The World Health Organization expert committee notes diabetes is a universal health issue affecting rich and poor nations, with 1 to 4 percent prevalence globally and rising due to aging populations and better data. Obesity, malnutrition, infections, and toxins may influence risk, interacting with individual susceptibility.
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Geneva
World Health Organization
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