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"A comprehensive statistical portrait of the standard of living of working Americans. ... A very interesting and useful book. It presents a wealth of statistical information in a very accessible manner". -- Journal of Economic Issues
Focuses on the experiences of managers and professionals employed in nonstandard work arrangements (which include temporary help agency work, on-call work, day labour, contract work, independent contracting, self-employment, and part-time work in a standard employment relationship). Based on the February 1995 Current Population Survey focuses on nonstandard work and the workers in these arrangements.
Discusses the impact of Japanese automobile transplants on the American economy.
Geographical listing of nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations that make funds available for health purposes. Includes national, regional, and local foundations. Entries give such information as financial data, types of support, and application information. Geographical, subject, foundation indexes.
William Gosney, son of Henry Gosney, was born in about 1705, probably in Virginia. He married Mary in about 1726 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
John Strong Jr. (ca. 1610-1699) was a son of John Stronge Sr. and Eleanor Dean of Chard, Somerset County, England. John Jr. married Margery Dean, a first cousin, and immigrated in 1630 to Hingham, Massachusetts. Margery died shortly, and John married Abigail Ford in 1635. He fathered 18 children, of whom 15 had families. His family moved in 1638 to Taunton, in 1646 to Windsor, Connecticut, and in 1659 to Northampton, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, North Dakota, Virginia and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to Ontario and elsewhere in Canada. Includes ancestry in England to the early 1500s. Also includes history of the Strong Family Association of America, Inc. from its beginning in 1975 to the present, with its constitution and by-laws, as well as its national and regional officers, changes thereto, and brief reports of family reunions.
Over the last twenty years, Faux argues, the Democrats have abandoned their economic story, confusing voters about what it means to be a Democrat. Liberals have splintered along social issues, while "New Democrats" have championed the causes of deregulated global markets and conservative social values.