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The Decline of Labor |
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| After decades of growth, union membership in the United States has been declining steadily for the past 20 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Total membership peaked at almost 18 million people in 1980. By last year, according to The Charlotte News & Observer, that figure had dropped to less than 16 million, just 13 percent of the country��셲 workforce. |
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The Product Piracy N |
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| When you slip into a pair of jeans that you bought at The Gap, it probably never occurs to you that they might not really be Gap jeans. Neither does it occur to you when you swallow a cholesterol-lowering medicine that it might be a fake ?or even dangerous. And if you萸춅 ever driven a Chevrolet, it has probably never crossed your mind that it might not be a real Chevy. |
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The Entrepreneurial |
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| Several forces are converging to make this an unprecedented time to start a business. And that trend is already bearing fruit. Consider the fact that the number of the nation��셲 smallest businesses, those which only employ their owners, increased by 2.2 million from 1997 to 2002, according to the Census Bureau. |
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Giving Al Queda a Re |
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| Most of the weapons available to U.S. troops are not only extremely lethal, but cause widespread destruction. In some cases, such as at the beginning of the Iraq war, they are absolutely necessary and the only weapons of choice. |
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The Female Career "O |
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| To the surprise of many, large numbers of highly qualified American women are dropping out of mainstream careers. In fact, more than half of the women in the class of 1981 from Stanford University left the workforce at some point. |
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