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The US has a long history of population growth and concomitant labor-force growth. The number of men in the civilian labor force (that is, men either working in paid employment or actively seeking work) increased fairly steadily over the past half-century, at least until the onset of the current recession. For the past six years, however, the number of men in the labor force has fluctuated around a fairly level trend line at approximately 82-83 million. This cessation of growth came on the heels of a 6-million-man increase during the previous seven years. In the post-World War II era, the number of women in the labor force grew even more quickly than the number of men and also tended to grow fairly steadily. The recent report that the standard (U-3) rate of unemployment in the US fell to 7.4% in July 2013 seems to have stirred considerable joy in Mudville. Adapted from the source document.

The legal context of sexual harassment -- What is the nature and prevalence of sexual harassment on campus? -- Effective policy and practice for the elimination of sexual harassment -- Model sexual harassment policy and procedure -- From conflict to community

This research note reports the findings of a mail survey of higher level Guatemalan civil servants, soliciting their views on the United Nations. The survey was administered in the summer of 1979 for comparison with similar surveys of Norwegian and United States officials undertaken five years earlier, to determine whether experience with international organizations produces attitudes more favorable to international cooperation.

Responses to a mailed questionnaire indicate that experience with the World Bank, the IMF and the WHO does not necessarily result in attitudes more favorable to those agencies or to international cooperation. Attitudes tend to be multidimensional, and increased experience is associated with favorable attitudes along some dimensions but not others. Despite functionalist assumptions to the contrary, attitudinal responses to participation in the work of functional agencies do not differ significantly from responses to participation in the more "political" United Nations. Rather, attitudes seem contingent upon the rewardingness of the experience. This, in turn, is affected by the respondent's personal values, his domestic organizational milieu, the nature of the international organization, and the specifics of the respondent's experience. These findings are not totally at odds with functionalist theorizing, but suggest additional variables that functionalism should take into account.