Rate of women in labor force levels off says New York Times
The rate of working age women in the labor force has held at about 57.7 percent for nearly two years, signaling a slower rise than in the 1980s. Experts cite recession effects and more births. younger women and those 25 to 34 show slower gains, with college enrollment and low wages affecting participation.
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New York Times
Labor Department
Thomas Plewes
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Frank Levy
University of Maryland
U.S
Soviet Espionage Rise In Germany Despite East West Thaw
Berlin AP reports Bonn counterintelligence says the KGB has stepped up espionage in Germany. About 400 Soviet spies active in former East Berlin while East German spy networks diminished after unification and the peaceful revolution. Lange cites information deficit driving increased intelligence activity.
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Bonn
Hans-Gert Lange
East Berlin
East Germany
West Ger
Moscow
West Germany
Lange
Santa workers protest firing at Seneca Mall New York
Santas and elves staged a picket at Seneca Mall in West Seneca after Old Style Music Inc was terminated by mall managers over an alleged comment by an elf to a store employee. The company and mall offered conflicting reasons for the contract cancellation.
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West Seneca
N.Y
Santa Claus
Elf
Bernard Zolnowsky
Old Style Music Inc
Santa
Mrs. Claus
Seneca
Zolnowsky
Lawrence Rose
Buffalo
The
Santa Company
Seneca Mall
Rose
Old Style
Beirut race track protest over presidential palace plan
About 2,000 owners breeders trainers jockeys and staff held a sit in at Beirut’s war scarred hippodrome over a government decision to build a presidential palace there. Protesters said the track symbolizes national unity and would be harmed by the Palace of Peace project. Bulldozers cleared rubble as Arabians trained at the track for the first time in two years.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Nabil Freij
Elias Hrawi
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