Until the death of Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota in a plane crash 11 days ago, the Democrats held only a single-vote working margin in the Senate, so any one of a handful of tossup races held the power to shift control of the chamber.
Since 1988, the industry's average working margin has fallen by 84%, to 220 rand a tonne, and its total workforce has shrunk from 515,000 to 298,000.
In contrast, evidence for the United States reveals that employers resorted more towards external adjustment rather than internal mechanisms (namely, hours worked and wages), despite firms using the hours worked "margin" more than in any previous recession (Fernald 2012).
Furthermore, a number of studies have focused on evaluating labour supply responses to the EITC at the extensive (participation) and intensive (hours worked) margins.
Shawn Donnelley, the only woman in the Republican field, has a plan for achieving that margin -- by working the margins.
Rick Ungar: Forbes Contributor Why is it that the free-market medicine supporters are quick to support the importance of private health insurance companies while not realizing that there is something wrong when a business cannot make a profit working off a 20% margin [the premiums that health insurers keep rather than pay out in in benefits]?
"Technology can improve efficiency by working the margin, gaining 10 to 15percentt.
The expenditure on buildings accounted for the maximum share of 41.65 % followed by working capital margin (20.2 %) and machinery (13.25 %).
The myth of medical research is colossal grants and egos to match, but I went looking for a scientist working on the margins, toiling away with meager funds against a condition everyone would just as soon ignore.
In those twisting back streets, you could expect to find literary agents working the margins with the injured innocence of pickpockets at a synod.
