Nevertheless, Gannett slashed 3,000 jobs and required employees to take a week-long furlough.
He and the orchestra's 53 other full-time members, many of whom are paid less than $30,000 a year, had agreed to a month-long furlough.
Adds Fermilab's Oddone, "my hope is that, since the Office of Science got some help, we will be able to avoid" a planned month-long furlough of the lab.
There are a number of theories for the origin of the term cow; however the most prevalent and probably accurate one is that cadets in years past had no leave until the end of their yearling year, when they were granted a summer-long furlough.
Thousands of American Airlines employees are facing layoffs, some only a few months after being recalled from years-long furloughs.
It can now screen the remaining dozen episodes of season one in an uninterrupted block for continuity-obsessed comic fans, but it's also a long enough furlough that those who didn't stick with it might be tempted to get back on the Bus.
One big mystery is how many factories have closed permanently and how many are simply giving long holiday furloughs to their workers.
"Instead of working with Congress to end the longest government furlough in American history, the Trump Administration is prioritizing a radical, unpopular plan to subject America's coasts to more offshore drilling," they said.
It is unclear how long the latest furloughs could last as the governor and lawmakers enter the fifth week of the new fiscal year without a balanced budget.
With their diaries at hand, they almost always knew what day it was, how long until their next furlough, their next visit home.
