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uh nem plaw id

  • n  people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
    the long-term unemployed need assistance
  • a  not engaged in a gainful occupation
    unemployed workers marched on the capital

  • Finding jobs for millions of unemployed is "the biggest challenge China's leadership faces" says David Dollar, head of the World Bank's China office in Beijing.
  • Marching bands of well-fed unemployed hailed "The First Socialist Government of Chile!" Plaintively Don Victor Navarrete, Minister of Public Works, complained, "The Government .
  • The latest official numbers now say that 20 million out of China's 130 million migrant workers are unemployed.
News & Articles

  • Unemployed College Station teacher finds bank bag with $20K
    Unemployed College Station teacher finds bank bag with $20K Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:34 pm, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 An unemployed teacher who thought a bag on a road carried a dirty diaper found about $20,000 and returned the cash to a bank.
    June 21, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise
  • Unemployed teacher finds $20,000, turns it in
    HOUSTON, Tex. — When an unemployed teacher in Houston found a bank bag filled with $20,000 in cash, she says...
    June 20, 2013 - FOX 8 WGHP
  • Unemployed teacher returns lost bag containing $20G
    An unemployed teacher was driving home after dropping her cat off at a veterinarian when she noticed a bag on the street. She stopped but doubted it contained anything, but soon discovered the bag was holding about $20,000.
    June 19, 2013 - Fox News
Quotes

  • Harry Reid in Investing Contrarian
    We will vote on this measure again once there is a replacement named for the late Senator Byrd,Reid said in a statement after the vote. "In the meantime, I sincerely hope that Republicans will finally listen to the millions of unemployed...
  • David Obey in International Herald Tribune
    Another week that we delay is another 100,000 or more people unemployed. I don't think we want that on our consciences,said Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the leading architects of the...
  • Barack Obama in New York Times (blog)
    If this obstruction continues, unemployed Americans will see their benefits stop. Teachers and firefighters will lose their jobs. Families will pay more for their first home,Mr. Obama said, referring to the spending package which includes a...

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