| 单词 | menial |
| 例句 | With Geak toddling after us, Chou and I and the other children work in the gardens and do menial labor in the village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Prior to that, he had worked selflessly behind the scenes at PIH, sometimes doing critically important things, sometimes the menial stuff. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z If I were to work, no matter at how menial a job, I could at least help her. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I let the staffers know through painstaking displays of competence and efficiency that I was serious about the work however menial and clerical, and that I was ready to do what anyone of authority required. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was coarse- woven and simply made, without so much as a single bow for trimming, but it was certainly far more suited to the menial work she had to do in it. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lyons had been a famous football star at Mason High School, was highly thought of in Mason, and consequently he now worked around that town in menial jobs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I throw in a dab of secondhand Buddhism remembered from a friend’s account of a monastery in northern California where rich people pay to spend their weekends meditating and doing various menial chores, housework included. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings and on weekends, in spite of his intelligence and education, he worked a menial job. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He refused, however, to do the menial jobs required of members to sustain the community. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Other than the menial wages sent home from the cities, families scraped by with little beyond subsistence-level farming. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z People who never had known what it was to enter the gate of the Mayor’s yard unless it were to do some menial job now paraded in and out as his confidants. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z No amount of searching for aspirin powder or performing other menial tasks is going to be enough to distract me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z No longer was he the budding craftsman who in spite of a menial position in the goldhouse could teach apprentices their tasks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z These exercises distracted my mind from the menial tasks that fell to me as the lowest of Gertrude’s ladies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Always to be the only African, except for menial workers, to be regarded at best as a curiosity and at worst as an interloper, is not a congenial experience. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dragging her fatherless child from place to place, scraping by on menial jobs, justifying it by insisting to herself—by insisting to everyone—she was making Art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Furthermore, since chiefs required menial servants as well as specialized craftspeople, chiefdoms differed from tribes in having many jobs that could be filled by slaves, typically obtained by capture in raids. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Another study from the University of California at San Diego found that creativity is enhanced when people let their minds wander, or when they do the most menial of tasks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Selling junk for petty cash, our menial jobs, our grimy apartment—the American version of a hut; maybe in America, when Baba looked at me, he saw a little bit of Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Every Friday and Saturday night our two tiny rooms were packed with migrant workers, menial labourers and garbage collectors, buying drinks till well past midnight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “The monster may be able to do some menial chores. Any suggestions as to where such a beast should be kenneled?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Currently I worked for Kilvin and was given relatively menial jobs at relatively low pay. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Toward the end of 1966 my father was temporarily laid off his job as a menial labourer for a white firm in Germiston, a white city an hour’s bus ride southeast of Johannesburg. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Were there menials, I wondered, whom I should never know, never see, waiting behind kitchen doors for the gift of our breakfast? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They order me about, and the more menial the task, the better. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t afraid that I would become a menial laborer because of my skin. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Since tribes thus lack economic specialists, they also lack slaves, because there are no specialized menial jobs for a slave to perform. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That meant she didn’t do “menial” work, or any work at all, apparently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Little has changed for Peralta, a cook who has worked at menial jobs in the United States for fifteen years. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Almost apologetically he explained: It was something I probably wouldn’t be interested in, but a friend of his, a contractor, needed someone for the summer to do menial jobs. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She belonged to a generation that treated policemen as menials, whatever their rank. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He’d been with the organization for a decade by now and done a lot of its more menial chores along the way. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In short, Africans should be trained to be menial workers, to be in a position of perpetual subordination to the white man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have requested an assistant to do such menial chores, but he was too jealous of his secret to let anyone into his laboratory. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If you hump away at menial jobs 360-plus days a year, does some kind of repetitive injury of the spirit set in? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was raised by an uncle who treated him like little more than a menial servant. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Most Scholars who aren’t enslaved work menial jobs—as farmhands or cleaners or stevedores—backbreaking labor for which they’re paid next to nothing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He undertook menial jobs for 18 years and worked in a quarry as a construction worker. Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story 2014-04-25T23:00:00Z Working through the night to write a book while slaving away at a menial day job is an obligatory component of every romantic self-published success story. How to become an ebook superstar 2012-06-06T19:00:06Z He took a series of menial jobs to support his wife and three daughters. Kent Haruf, acclaimed novelist who chronicled small-town intrigue, dies at 71 “No Way Out” was followed by a sprinkling of film and television roles, but Mr. Poitier still bounced between acting jobs and menial work. Sidney Poitier, Who Paved the Way for Black Actors in Film, Dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z And he resists succumbing to the regimentation of a 12-step program based on devotionals and menial work. Review: In ‘Good Samaritans,’ They Sing and Dance, but This Isn’t ‘La La Land’ 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z After graduating from Smith in 1983 with a degree in history, and doing various menial jobs, she began writing the play in 1991 while working in a bike shop in Washington, where she grew up. Arts & Leisure: Margaret Edson, Author of ?Wit,? Loves Teaching 2012-02-19T03:30:04Z Grandma immediately consigns the twins to menial labor to earn their keep. 'The Notebook' is a chilling but reductive World War II tale 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Such behaviour is not surprising given the menial status of motherhood. Should women really be rushing back to work after giving birth? 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Harry is an oppressor who has simply "internalised the treatment of Kreacher as a menial servant". Harry Potter and the end of a pop-culture phenomenon 2011-07-12T18:59:01Z From the moment he appeared in the opening scene, when Wozzeck shaves the Captain for whom he performs menial tasks, Mr. Keenlyside embodied the character. Music Review: ‘Wozzeck,’ by Philharmonia Orchestra, at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-11-20T23:07:31Z Ms. Lucio, as the assistant Gabby, registers a kind of festering energy that reflects her impatience at being held back in a menial job she believes she’s outgrown. Review: ‘King Liz,’ at the Top of Her Game and Wanting More 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z His updated credentials mention two writing fellowships and no menial work. Books of The Times: ‘A Million Heavens’ by John Brandon, Set in New Mexico 2012-07-17T21:16:28Z They’re living in Chicago, working menial jobs, adorning train lines and the occasional Gold Coast apartment complex. Review: In ‘This Is Modern Art,’ Say It and Spray It 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Watch and stream enough of these downbeat, post-yuppie shows and you could build a bingo game out of the usual tropes: Character who works a menial job in the media/entertainment industry? How Netflix’s ‘Flaked’ is just one more drop in L.A.’s ocean of hipster miseries 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z A classic tear-jerker about a woman doing menial labor to support her ungrateful son. Critic’s Notebook: New York Asian Film Festival Offers Sturdy Hollywood Themes 2013-06-28T22:13:41Z Is an hour in an office chair, completing tasks both menial and meaningful, how you want to spend it? ‘Temping’ Is a Workplace Drama for One. You’re Hired. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The US maintains a military base on Kwajalein Island, where the menial labour is carried out by low-paid workers who live on another nearby island, Ebeye. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z When she told a friend what happened, she was punished by the church with months of menial labor. Tom Cruise, our messy messiah of movies 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Later he lived a "vagabond" life in Europe and then Spain, supporting himself with menial jobs like dishwashing and fruit-picking. Lost Roberto Bola?o novel to be serialised this spring 2011-02-14T13:07:58Z As these fragmented narratives elegantly graze each other without ever clicking into a fully formed picture, the two women’s lives are marked by suicide, foreclosures, menial labor, social immobility and overarching sadness. Two Women Related by Blood, Strained by Money, Split by Hardship 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z He spoke little English, and spent years working menial jobs and performing karate kicks in front of anybody connected with the film industry. Jean-Claude Van Damme: 'I tried to play the system; I was blacklisted' 2012-08-10T22:44:55Z One brother gets his shot at the big leagues, the other falls back into menial jobs and petty crime. TV Shows to Watch From Hong Kong, Brazil, Sweden and More 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The BBC show “Love in the Countryside” has rural singletons bonding with potential suitors over menial tasks, such as milking cows. In Turbulent Times, Comforting Reality Shows Captivate U.K. Viewers 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Of all the cliches associated with rappers, one with more truth in it than most is their fondness for epic entourages: staff, sidekicks and assorted hangers-on designated a token menial role in the group. Pitbull: 'I would be hypocritical to perform there' 2011-08-25T21:00:01Z He's a guy who doesn't understand Gus' logic in making him and Jesse do everything in the lab, including the menial labor of cleaning. "Breaking Bad" 4x6, "Cornered" 2011-08-22T09:23:00Z If one person makes huge amounts of money and uses that as justification to assign all menial chores to the other person, then that’s not being present or thoughtful. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend keeps borrowing money, and she feels mostly alone 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z To rustle up cash, his parents placed him in a menial job at the dismal Warren's Shoe Blacking Factory. Book-It stages 'Great Expectations' 2011-02-10T20:55:04Z In it, the journalist Marie-Lucile Kubacki described nuns who, among other menial tasks, serve meals to bishops and then eat in the kitchen, and who are paid little or nothing for the work they do. Lucetta Scaraffia Is Trying to Fight Catholic Patriarchy from the Inside 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Crucially, the myth of the model minority obscures the struggles of working-class Asian Americans holding menial jobs who also face discrimination on socio-economic grounds. Solidarity with Black Lives Matter: Asian Americans speaking out against police brutality 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z It was “menial”, he said, for a man who had “sold poison without compunction”. ‘Knowing it could kill you isn’t a deterrent’: the deadly trade in diet pills 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Or is it because chopping garlic is one of the most menial, least pleasurable, smelliest of tasks, and a refusal to do so indicates a resistance to work for our food? Is pre-minced garlic really such a bad thing? 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z And we see the same hard luck befalling Vince this week as he goes about looking for menial work with his criminal record. 'Friday Night Lights' Watch: The Problem that Transcends Race 2010-07-03T01:00:00Z In reality, it is a waystation for children to mature into adults whose options are more likely to be limited to menial labor or worse. "Education" culminates Amazon's "Small Axe" film series, finding beauty in the necessary struggle 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Navy life turned out to be menial and miserable, so Vance resigned and was discharged "with prejudice". Jack Vance dies aged 96: master of bold and bizarre science fiction 2013-05-29T23:13:06Z As for emasculation, the men, who were relegated to menial roles on the ship, willingly followed the commands of their capable female captain. “The Raft” Chronicles an Extreme Experiment with Human Nature 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z She experienced poverty first-hand, working endless menial jobs to support her son and her own career as a painter. Penny Woolcock ? runaway success 2010-06-07T21:01:00Z The MBA that I’d hoped would lead to a corner office had instead produced endless menial tasks under an abusive boss. Please don’t masturbate with my husband 2013-05-29T23:30:00Z While most of the stories deal with a struggle to live while making ends meet, some merely use menial jobs as a backdrop to observe the human condition play out. Recommended reading for April: New must-read books to liven up long shutdown days 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z From the moment we picked up the RV in a town south of Las Vegas, the kids were dying to help with every menial chore. How I learned to stop worrying and love RV-ing The cases cast a spotlight on some of the menial tasks that unpaid interns in show business are routinely asked to perform -- from fetching coffee and dry cleaning to secretarial work. Hollywood intern case dealt setback by federal appeals court 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z A vast conglomerate has taken over the universe, and two slackers with menial jobs aboard its space battleship accidentally make contact with rebel forces, which of course include a good-looking female commander. Watch List: Original Pilots, Judged by the Masses 2013-04-22T21:43:18Z Several hundred thousand workers, we learn, operate on that platform, performing menial online tasks for pennies, sometimes as a side hustle and sometimes as their sole source of income. Review: In ‘I Agree to the Terms,’ It’s Raining Pennies From Amazon 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z “Five years of menial labor, right on the wards, looking after mental patients, that was hard. “He stayed in touch with the people he met there all his life. Carleton Mabee, Biographer of Morse, Dies at 99 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Shaun of the Dead ends with captive zombies being consigned to menial tasks like trolley collecting and clearing café tables, much as White Zombie's undead were corralled into the mills. World War Z unleashes an unedifying breed of zombie 2013-06-17T13:58:58Z Under a stone carving exhorting them to "avoid idleness and intemperance," they worked at menial tasks, ate watery gruel and lived in quarters half the size of jail cells. Neighbors bid to save 'Oliver Twist' workhouse 2011-02-24T17:56:09Z He worked as a farmhand and did other menial jobs before moving to Buffalo, where again he took odd jobs. Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89 2012-12-25T09:19:03Z Chinese companies bring far more of their own people to work in menial jobs than Western companies would ever do. Empire of the sums 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z "Are they close to the line with the more menial aspect to the work? Yes, probably." Interns remain unpaid at Lionsgate despite lawsuits elsewhere 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z At one generic desk feebly personalized with a plant and pictures, a video playing simultaneously on two computer monitors delves into Amazon Mechanical Turk, an online marketplace where people perform menial tasks for minuscule pay. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z It pains her to think of her students’ futures in Germany, where even menial jobs require training certificates. Berlin’s Museum Tours in Arabic Forge a Bridge to Refugees 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Kevin is incarcerated in a nearby prison that she occasionally visits as she tries to get back on her feet with a menial job at a travel agency. Tilda Swinton shines in perplexing drama 2011-05-12T22:38:55Z “Finally, they started portraying the Asian American as something other than the poor man in a menial job, as a doctor or attorney.” James Shigeta, an actor mindful of his Asian American roles, dies at 85 He also was allegedly “asked to perform menial tasks not related to his work duties, such as creating fake online accounts to respond to critics,” the report detailed. HBO trolled critics online to shut down negative reviews, reflecting a disdain for true criticism 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z He struggled in Paris, relying at first on handouts and working menial jobs. Ousmane Sow, Sculptor of Larger-Than-Life Figures, Dies at 81 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z We first see them being fired from their menial jobs at a rose farm. Review: In ‘Hap and Leonard’ Best Friends Get a Lucrative Job Offer 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Fantasy Life is explicit about it, but modern video games are full of menial tasks. In Fantasy Life and Other Games, Jobs and To-Do Lists 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Pongo left and took menial jobs to support her sisters after her father walked out on the family, she said. Pongo Turns Her Struggles Into Pop 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z She dropped out of the University of New Orleans after one term, took a series of a menial jobs and turned to standup. Ellen DeGeneres: darling of both middle America and the coasts | Observer profile 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z There is no torture or starvation in the camp, where the father and son sleep on the floor of a crowded dormitory and do menial chores. | 'Ramchand Pakistani': A Boy Caught in the India-Pakistan Crossfire 2010-04-20T22:55:00Z A teenager when Ansiedad was born, she has bounced around ever since, making a life for herself and her daughter out of menial jobs — including as a maid for her current paramour — and dead-end relationships. Movie Review: ?Girl in Progress? With Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez 2012-05-10T21:10:33Z Wilson, who was born in Gateshead, England, in 1972, has always opted for this front-loaded way of working, in which the conductor actively engages in the types of logistics that others might find menial. The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z He took a series of menial jobs, from busboy to fry cook to hospital orderly to shipping clerk. Jimmy Scott, hard-luck singer with a haunting voice, dies at 88 Sacrificing all former comforts, Arturo takes a menial job, picking mushrooms in the gloom of a darkened warehouse. ‘The Book of Unknown Americans,’ by Cristina Henríquez I personally think you should be paid for it, but it doesn't matter how menial a capacity you are employed. Designer Emma Bridgewater's top 10 tips 2013-11-23T00:53:06Z Army commanders initially made black regiments perform menial labor and didn’t regularly order them into combat until after Gettysburg. The Decline of the Civil War Re-enactor 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Chilindrina's hapless father, Don Ramon, was always late on the rent and trying to scrape together a living by taking all manner of menial jobs. Comedian Chespirito's work wasn't just laughs, it was also about class 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Sue Jean Kim delivers a tearful phone monologue with the funny-sad intensity of a recent college grad who believes the loss of a menial job is a personal apocalypse. Theater Review: ?Assistance,? by Leslye Headland, Revolves Around Absent Boss 2012-02-29T00:09:35Z She often seems unaware of or unconcerned by certain societal norms, or confused by life’s more menial drudgery. Kathy Hilton’s Calling 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z She gets turned away from menial jobs as a waitress, bartender or cashier. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review 2013-04-15T08:00:02Z Asked if he took menial jobs to gather material for the books he hoped to write, he said, “No, I was trying to earn a living.” ‘The Colonel,’ by the Iranian Writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi 2012-07-01T18:15:33Z Descriptions of all these menial activities add rich texture to this historical novel. ‘Miss Emily,’ by Nuala O’Connor: a fictional look at the Belle of Amherst 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z They share a dark, cramped apartment and he works a menial factory job he hates. Review: New `Total Recall' slicker but soulless 2012-08-02T17:46:04Z Moving to Florida in the mid-1960s, he juggled menial jobs and a growing music career. Clarence Reid, Singer and Songwriter Also Known as Blowfly, Dies at 76 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Resourceful enough to get here, most immigrants did all right, if only in menial jobs. Four Not-to-Miss Photography Shows 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The pay was so low and the work was so menial in the Dominican Republic that, as historian Catherine C. Legrand points out, workers left the plantation whenever they could. Uncovering the violent history of the Canadian sugar industry 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The reality of the profession," she adds, "is long hours of menial work that don't often fit into standard narratives. The Carpetbagger: Besides Torture, What Else Did 'Zero Dark Thirty' Get Wrong? 2013-01-21T16:30:23Z But returning the money pays off when Nucky is hired for menial work at a beachfront hotel. 'Boardwalk Empire' recap: Nucky wants out of gangster biz 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Her well-established fiancé in tow, Sophie makes a surprise visit to the gathering, not knowing Frances is there in a menial capacity, gets fearfully drunk and embarrassingly renews their friendship. Frances Ha – review 2013-07-27T23:07:03Z He spoke of some of the best minds of Czechoslovakia being forbidden to write, travel or even drive, and forced to work at "menial jobs" such as selling cigarettes and washing windows. Philip Roth receives 'Literary Service' award 2013-05-01T04:54:14Z They ask so much of players at once that they risk failing to please or provoke by numbing them with an endless list of menial, if optional, tasks. In Fantasy Life and Other Games, Jobs and To-Do Lists 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Her activities, all strikingly menial tasks, hosing out the bins, sorting felt-tip pens, and vacuuming the sofa, serve as an affectionate commentary on the tedium of the celebrity reality show. These Very Important People: who do they think they are? 2012-05-22T19:00:00Z Unfortunately, the English he acquired watching American TV won’t advance his current aspirations, and he’s reduced to performing menial jobs for “an absurdly hairy Polish guy” with a better command of the Queen’s own English. Missing Bodies, Missing Killers, Deadly Missed Opportunities 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z These days Bobby has a heavy interest in petty crime; Terry works menial jobs. Review: A Priceless Violin, a Cut-Rate Caper 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Don't get an attitude because someone asked you to do something that you might consider menial. Style icon André Leon Talley on navigating the fashion world: “My armor is my self-invention” 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Everyone from Turing down to the women who did the menial typing and catering were treated equally. Special Relationships: People and Places by Asa Briggs – review 2012-08-10T21:55:01Z They work menial jobs, like cleaning restrooms, and cook in their vans. In Chloe Zhao's wandering "Nomadland," Frances McDormand journeys to an Oscar-worthy performance 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z He often talked about how the only menial part of labor is menial pay. MLK's speeches translated into dance as Alvin Ailey troupe comes to the Dorothy Chandler 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Her duties — menial and unartistic yet highly necessary — involved cleaning dirt and dust from the finished cels, as the transparent celluloid sheets that went before the camera were known. Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111; Breathed Animated Life Into Disney Films 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The synths, as they are known, do menial and routine work, and despite their near-perfect appearance in this show, produced by AMC and Channel 4 in Britain, they are clearly robots. How Do the Robots of ‘Humans’ Imitate Real People? 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Haring was, for example, impressively determined and resourceful, funding his art and his autodidacticism with a series of menial jobs. Simon Doonan Has Been Keeping Busy 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z After stints as a menial laborer and petty thug, he turned to poetry writing. Emmanuel Carrère’s New Book Profiles Edward Limonov 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z But there would be a gulf between the educated professionals in the small town and the casual laborers, or those with menial jobs, or working in retail or hospitality. Tessa Hadley on the Bonds of Childhood 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z More dramatically, “Americanah” takes Obinze to London, where he does the lowest menial work, tries to enter into a sham marriage to an Englishwoman and watches Nigerian friends show off in ridiculously upscale British ways. Books of The Times: ‘Americanha,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013-05-19T20:26:59Z Navarro, who was trained as an audio engineer, spent much of his time doing menial chores for Kelly like driving visitors to and from his home. Ex-employee: R. Kelly lived in ‘Twilight Zone’ he controlled 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z He spent the next year working at menial jobs to support himself while studying at Queens University in Ontario. How will you change your life — or the world? 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z He struggles to supplement his meager military pay by performing menial tasks for a sermonizing captain and offering himself as a subject for the experiments of a crackpot doctor. Music Review: Vienna State Opera Presents ‘Wozzeck’ and ‘Salome’ 2014-03-02T17:51:50Z The capital overflows with rural migrants, all competing for the same menial jobs. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z When the book opens, Charlie is 32 and holds a menial job in a bakery. Daniel Keyes, author of the classic book ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ dies at 86 As always, when you have people come in to do menial work that you think you’re too good to do, you don’t like them. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Kazantsev said she was hazed as a freshman, along the lines of standing in a line reciting information, menial tasks and "a few sleepless nights crafting." Miss America admits sorority hazing, denies severity of accusations 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z He then went on to describe the process of paying someone money to perform menial labor as a way to “serve” one’s fellow human and thus please god. Pat Robertson wants to know why Jewish people are so rich 2014-03-31T17:40:00Z He dreamed of being a professional soccer player until, almost by accident, and with no special interest in food, he found a menial job in a restaurant. Books of The Times: A Chef as Visionary, Poet and Chemist 2010-10-05T17:16:00Z He worked menial jobs, tried radio and was collecting veterans’ benefits when he drifted to Hollywood. James Arness, Marshal on ?Gunsmoke,? Dies at 88 2011-06-03T18:34:50Z I had gotten work in this one big company and then the temp job turned to a permanent job, which was good for salary and benefits but, duh, it was a stupid menial job. I quit my job to make music 2013-02-14T01:00:00Z Shetty's character, Divya, doesn't tell her parents that she works as a physician's assistant because she fears they would not approve of such a menial job. 'Royal Pains' star Shetty shares character's angst 2011-02-03T02:31:04Z The story is told by a series of progress reports written by menial worker Charlie Gordon, the first human test subject for the surgery. Flowers for Algernon writer dies 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z In David Guggenheim’s script, Matt chafes at his menial CIA job as the safe-house landlord, and express his frustration by frequently hurting furniture. Safe House: Can Denzel Washington Ever Be a Bad Guy? 2012-02-09T16:00:14Z Jane spends her days doing menial tasks while two other male assistants casually dismiss and disrespect her. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Assistant’ and ‘Coronavirus: Explained’ 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Durkheim suggested that most of us spend the majority of our lives doing menial tasks — hunting and gathering or typing and chattering. The gospel according to Deion Sanders: Coach Prime woos fans and overhauls Colorado 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Understanding how to write well is far more valuable than the menial legal education you might pick up in an undergraduate criminal justice degree program. How to Get a Job as a Legal Assistant 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z It’s about Elizabeth, a female scientist in the 1960s who works in a chemical lab, is smarter than most but is only permitted to do menial work by sexist colleagues. This fall TV season, there’s no new ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ or ‘Law & Order.’ Here’s what’s coming instead 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The women also say they were subjected to violence, isolated from friends and forced to perform menial tasks to demonstrate their subservience. Andrew Tate: Chats in 'War Room' suggest dozens of women groomed 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The father of three said his two adult children are working menial jobs and surviving “hand to mouth.” Polls open in Zimbabwe as the president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second and final term 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Mphuthi’s story mirrors those of so many young South African graduates sitting at home jobless or trying to make ends meet doing fairly menial jobs in a country with a 33% official unemployment rate. South Africa’s unemployment is a ‘ticking time bomb.’ Anger rises with millions jobless 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z He came to Nairobi as a teenager in search of menial jobs. A man lies in a Kenya morgue. His family says he’s one of at least 35 shot dead by police this month 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z Those with a relatively high-paid but small workforce can look better than those dependent on menial or hourly workers. Column: By the standards of their peers, Hollywood CEOs aren't all that overpaid. That's the problem 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z On the base, Marshallese laborers do menial work; they complain of poor treatment by on-base security as they come on and off, subjected to dehumanizing searches and questioning about themselves and their personal items. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Like many other households, Andruwus’ family managed to survive while in the camp on what they earned from menial jobs, as farmworkers or from petty trade. They fled the war in Nigeria’s northeast. Then bulldozers levelled their homes at a camp in Abuja 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Dean’s essay caught my eye, too, because I spent much of the previous few years reporting on moral injury, interviewing workers in menial occupations whose jobs were ethically compromising. The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Many such candidates serve the remainder of their enlistments in menial, low-level Navy jobs, scraping rust and sweeping decks. Navy Report Details How Problems Mounted at Brutal SEAL Course 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Deutsche Bank wants this AI to lower costs in call centers where it needed temporary personnel for peak periods and workers to handle menial tasks, he said in an interview. Google's AI is coming to more companies near you 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z He said that even as a staff writer he has had to take jobs outside the industry or accept menial work just to stay afloat. TV writers explain why they're walking out 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Instead, he has laboured through six months of failed job applications and menial work since gaining his master's degree. Skilled, educated and washing dishes: how Italy squanders migrant talent 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Kong believed himself too highly educated to take up menial jobs. Jobless young Chinese seek solace in temples, tale of failed scholar 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z More than that, I don’t enjoy completing menial tasks in general, or doing one thing for more than 30 minutes, or pushing myself past the point of minor inconvenience. Don’t jump into spring cleaning. Take it slow 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z She was banned from practicing as a psychologist and only allowed to take menial jobs, such as cleaning. Dana Nemcova, leading Czech anti-communist, dies at 89 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Tunisia, with a population of about 12 million, is home to an estimated 20,000 sub-Saharan Africans, many of whom crossed into Tunisia illegally for the menial jobs that Tunisians often reject. Tunisia’s President Vilifies Migrants From Sub-Saharan Africa 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z "It is partly self-fulfilling. People are used to seeing them in menial jobs so it becomes perceived as their natural place." Skilled, educated and washing dishes: how Italy squanders migrant talent 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Musk also uses replies from his own tweets as product feedback, often confusing employees with menial, hyper-specific tasks. “Petulant” Elon Musk fired Twitter engineer for explaining why fewer people are reading his tweets 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Over time, they were expanded to absurd extents, covering menial and minimum-wage workers and so-called independent contractors who had no access to an employer’s confidential information. Column: The FTC is pushing new rights for workers. Big business is pitching a fit, of course 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Ami said most people have no idea that the school staff would send students out to work, often doing menial tasks, for strangers whose backgrounds weren’t checked. Native Americans share trauma of Arizona boarding schools 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Hired for menial jobs, they were sometimes paid in liquor, or they bought liquor. Recent report on L.A. County hate crime numbers is a reminder of when we didn't even count them 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z On the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system, her family had been stuck in menial work since they were invited from Punjab in 1957 to fill in for striking sanitation workers. How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z We’ve all been the child in the kitchen given some menial food prep task. These savory shrimp and grits will transport you to the South 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Critics note that recruits often spend the training period doing menial tasks like sweeping floors or running errands for senior officers instead of learning combat skills. Taiwan extends mandatory military service to combat Chinese threat 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z So they end up doing whatever Navy jobs are available — often, menial work that few others want. Recruited for Navy SEALs, Many Sailors Wind Up Scraping Paint 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He added the defendant still faced a further indictment relating to a single allegedly indecent image - a charge he described as a "menial matter by comparison" and granted Mr Hoile bail. Met Police officer cleared of Shropshire roadside rape 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Abigail is what Filipinos call an “OFW”: an overseas Filipino worker, someone who takes work abroad, usually menial, often to send money home. How Dolly de Leon rises to the challenge of 'Triangle of Sadness' 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z He had to say yes to the most menial of tasks. How one Black coach is building a pipeline to bypass football’s biases Penal colony is a term used to describe the most common type of prison in Russia, where inmates are housed in barracks and engage in menial labor for symbolic pay. EXPLAINER: What Griner may endure in Russian penal system 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Speier called for an outside audit to examine how many students were being injured, and how many were winding up in menial jobs. Recruited for Navy SEALs, Many Sailors Wind Up Scraping Paint 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z David Whelan said his brother must work at least eight hours a day, six days a week, on menial tasks like making buttonholes, which has caused him repetitive strain injury. Brittney Griner faces bleak life in Russian penal colony 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Many of them are working in government offices, run their own businesses or do menial jobs with the Indian military. Climate Migration: Nomads move to towns in warming Ladakh 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Some former conscripts often don’t get proper military training when they serve and instead are engaged in menial labor. Russia’s chaotic draft leaves some out in cold, without gear 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Until recently, nail artists have been unappreciated, and even condemned, because our work is viewed as a menial part of the beauty industry. The story of L.A. beauty past, present and future in one zine 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In prison, 70 percent of inmates cannot read above a fourth-grade level, leaving them able to work at only the lowest-paid and most menial jobs upon their release. Why the book bans and censorship? Those who rule want to crush knowledge — and freedom 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Navy but in menial roles because of their race. Civil rights lawyer John Burris confronts police narratives 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Sudanese youth often end up working menial jobs in factories, gold mines, or as domestic help, travel agents and migrants say. Sudanese head north to Egypt seeking brighter future 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Ms Marin has embraced her image as a "normal person" - the first in her family to go to university, she worked in menial jobs while studying. Sanna Marin: How much partying is too much for a leader? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z She would rather do her part, no matter how menial the task. Perspective | What makes Mariners President Catie Griggs special? It’s not her gender. 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z More than 80 percent of African American men worked menial jobs in steel mills, mines, construction, and meat packing. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Many members of the educated elite have had to take menial jobs. ‘We Can’t Claim Mission Accomplished’: A Long Road for Afghan Refugees 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Her menial jobs kept her away from home, and the kids had to fend for themselves. Perspective | Ask Amy: After 40 years, I need more affection from my husband 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a group of about 40 Mexican workers, alleges some employees, hired as engineers, were ordered to work menial jobs instead. Exclusive: Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Since English was not one of the nine languages he spoke, he took a menial job at the Geneva agricultural station. This 60-year-old winery changed the way America grew grapes 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Black people served in segregated units and suffered from widespread racism in the military hierarchy, often serving in menial or support roles. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z To pass time, he filled his days with menial tasks, preparing his own food, reading and sleeping. 90 days in Russian prison: A Ukrainian teen’s tale of terror and hope 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z After fleeing Kenya, Prof Wajackoyah found his way to the UK where he did menial jobs and sought an education at the Soas University of London, University of Warwick and University of Wolverhampton. George Wajackoyah spices up Kenya election with marijuana and snake venom 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Digit, a blue-and-white humanoid robot, was designed to handle the tough, menial and dangerous tasks at warehouses. Robots Aren’t Done Reshaping Warehouses 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z But as an adult finally out from behind bars, he immediately found himself confined to menial labor. Dire US labor shortage provides opportunity for ex-prisoners 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Chinese immigrants arrived en masse during the California Gold Rush and numbered in the hundreds of thousands by the late 1800s, with the majority living in California, working menial jobs. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Taiwan’s mandatory military service is often likened to a summer camp, where recruits spend more time doing menial labor than learning combat skills. Wary of China threat, Taiwanese join Ukraine’s fight against Russia 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z “We are condemning the future of our race to menial occupations abroad,” Mr. Marcos said. ‘We Can Trust No One’: Marcos Becomes President in the Philippines 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z She never graduated from high school, worked menial jobs and was living in subsidized housing for people with mental or developmental disabilities. Testimony begins in inquest into Seattle police killing of Charleena Lyles 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z But the African Americans were still limited to menial positions: construction workers, janitors, domestic help. A Secret City With a Secret African American History 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Those who remained were stuck in the lowest-paying, most menial jobs. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Evelyne Mueni, a single mother who relies on menial jobs for her income, says she had to resume work after just a month. Kenyan mothers choose between work and their babies 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The hyper-segregation that confined Black children to poorly funded schools and Black workers to the most menial factory jobs was legally abolished. The angry White populist who paved the way for Trump Chadha draws reference from ancient times, saying it is akin to the times when lower castes were physically chained and forced to do menial jobs. Sanitation workers in India forced to wear GPS watches 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Leaving school at 15 to help support his mother, he took on menial jobs helping erect tents for traveling circuses and working as a fare collector on local street tramcars. Jack Higgins, best-selling author of ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ dies at 92 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Israel grants permits to some 12,000 Palestinians in Gaza and over 100,000 to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, mostly for work in construction and other menial jobs. Israel closes crossing to Gaza workers after rockets 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z It also allows tens of thousands of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to work in construction and other mostly menial jobs in Israel, where wages are far higher. No war, no retreat: Mideast foes resume risky balancing act 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z For Angel, that means figuring out how to survive as a woman who doesn’t want to lead a menial, humdrum life. Review: Phylicia Rashad beautifully directs 'Blues for an Alabama Sky' at Mark Taper Forum 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Some white fathers, especially in French-speaking Louisiana, lavished property and education on their mixed-race children, but racial discrimination kept most in casual day labor, domestic service, and other menial occupations. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Or how many have become janitors or dishwashers, or seamstresses in sweatshops, or have found other menial work. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He's had to take menial jobs despite being well-educated. Post Office scandal: 'I don't trust anybody anymore' 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Now she’s content never to leave her almost entirely Kimi-run apartment, outsourcing menial tasks to an inanimate hub that records her every data point and keeps her under 24-7 digital surveillance. Review: Steven Soderbergh's HBO Max thriller 'Kimi' is 'Parallax View' for the pandemic era 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z In 2018, India’s railway system announced a national recruitment drive for 63,000 of the most menial positions in its hierarchy — and 19 million people applied. Protesters torch trains in India as frustration over lack of jobs for young people boils over 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z "Now I can see my mother again; it's been 19 years. She hardly believes I'm alive," said Hassan, who since 2010 has been living on menial work with few to no benefits. Hope for Israel's Darfur asylum seekers after court ruling 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The officials often questioned employees about their workplaces and helped with menial tasks like throwing out garbage. Union wins election at a second Buffalo-area Starbucks. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z In their complaint, they allege they were tasked with menial labor and were used to promote Feedfeed’s diversity while being treated as “second-class employees.” Women allege racism, sexism at food media company Feedfeed 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z “It’s menial labor — it’s sweeping and mopping for the most part, washing windows — but it’s 100 percent legit,” Foster said. District funds help ex-offenders launch businesses. But the path has not been easy for some. 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Meager rations were provided, and all but the sickest were expected to toil at menial jobs to generate revenue, either on the premises or at factories. Selling Luxury Apartments Where Oliver Twist Once Asked for Gruel 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z "I do however accept that robotics will help with the efficiency and consistency of menial jobs, but let's not forget that someone will still need to program it and stock it with produce." The robot chefs that can cook your Christmas dinner 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Set in the near future, in an America in which lifelike robot butlers and servants have been created to perform all the menial tasks humans avoid, the movie opens at a Christmas party. New movies to stream this week: ‘Mother/Android,’ ‘A California Christmas: City Lights’ and more 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Throughout the fall, out-of-town managers and executives — even Ms. Williams — converged on stores in Buffalo, where they questioned employees about operational challenges and assisted in menial tasks like cleaning bathrooms. Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store unionize in a big symbolic win for labor. 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Some viewed the menial tasks of running a business as a chore. Abuela Rosa led her family to the middle class. In the face of COVID, they guard her legacy 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Levy was hired as a “copy boy,” the archaic title used for staffers tasked with ferrying edited stories to the composing room and performing other menial tasks. Claudia Levy, Washington Post journalist and advocate for women in the newsroom, dies at 77 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Many young people were leaving the country to take menial jobs as cleaners and waiters abroad, he said. ‘Our Money Has No Value’: Frustration Rises in Turkey at Lira Crisis 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z At their home in Falluja, Iraq, the mother said she was forced to do menial work in tough conditions, while the girl was supposed stay out of the way. ISIS Fighter Convicted in Death of Enslaved 5-Year-Old Girl 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Israel has eased the blockade as part of an informal cease-fire brokered by Egypt and is issuing 10,000 permits for Palestinians in Gaza to work in Israel, mainly in construction and menial labor. Winter rain floods Gaza homes damaged in last spring’s war 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Most of the estimated 28,000 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants work in menial jobs and struggle to make ends meet. Sudanese migrants in Israel fear deportation after coup 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z But he failed his university entrance exams and ended up in a menial job. What the 'Joker attack' revealed about Japanese society 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Teachers are quitting, and disillusioned students are taking menial jobs like selling fruit or mining for gold. Nearly a third of Uganda’s students may never return to school. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Other villagers work menial jobs inside Israel and its West Bank settlements. Nearly 20 years on, Israeli barrier shapes Palestinian lives 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Her employer failed to fulfill its promises of professional development and instead assigned her menial tasks, she said. So you’ve quit. Here are the tech tools that can help you land a new job. 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Many are hoping and praying to find a menial job where they can "survive," and rarely do they dare to dream they might thrive. Dumbass nation: Our biggest national security problem is America's "vast and militant ignorance" 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The officials sometimes work on laptops facing the baristas, sometimes join them behind the bar to work and inquire about the store, and sometimes perform menial tasks like cleaning the bathroom, Mr. Westlake said. As Starbucks Workers Seek a Union, Company Officials Converge on Stores 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z That security is backed by the enforcement of hard-line religious laws, which includes public executions and amputations for menial offenses. At Least Two Dead, Four Wounded in Explosion Outside a Mosque in Kabul 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Apprentices’ chances to act were scattered across smaller, one-night-only projects that rehearsed and played at odd overnight hours, but they could do so only if they weren’t assigned to other, more menial tasks. Inside Williamstown Theatre Festival's fabled exploitation 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z He claimed that he was conscripted, never killed anyone and spent his time doing menial tasks. World Digest: Sept. 23, 2021 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z But even as they were brought to West Point as revered experts to teach the all-white cadets horsemanship and riding, they were housed in segregated barracks and forced to do menial work. Buffalo Soldiers, the Famed Black Cavalry, Get a Statue at West Point 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The game also featured an open-world structure where you had to perform menial tasks like pumping gas in order to earn enough money to register for the battles. No More Heroes 3 is as stylish and shoddy as ever 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, he said, humans need to be prepared for robots to perform menial tasks and ultimately work alongside humans — if not phase them out of the workplace. Tesla says it is building a ‘friendly’ robot that will perform menial tasks, won’t fight back 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z When the soldiers arrived in Europe, they were relegated to building forts, roads, digging ditches, and other menial jobs. The Harlem Hellfighters Were War Heroes. Then They Came Home to Racism. 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z He said humans need to be prepared for robots to perform menial tasks and ultimately work alongside them — if not phase them out of the workplace. Tesla says it is building a ‘friendly’ robot that will perform menial tasks, won’t fight back 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z “Whenever I’m called up, I’m brought in to do more menial tasks like armory cleanup,” he told me. Perspective | The military's HIV policies are discriminatory — and decades behind the times 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z At 8 years old, her grandmother was sent away and for five years was separated from her family and forced into menial labor. Opinion | The public needs more answers on the children lost to Native American boarding schools 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Rivas’s lawyers say she was not an agent of the secret police but instead engaged in menial tasks such as making coffee and collecting laundry. Chilean woman should be extradited for alleged kidnappings under Pinochet, says Australian court 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z But starting in 1907, a detachment of Buffalo Soldiers was posted at segregated West Point to instruct the cadets in the fine points of horsemanship — and to do menial work across the campus. Buffalo Soldiers taught horsemanship at segregated West Point. Soon a statue will honor their service. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Her mother fled Japan when Hirono was 9, bringing her children to Hawaii and working menial jobs for low wages to keep them fed. Review | Mazie Hirono’s journey from poor immigrant to U.S. senator 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z But not everybody felt like they could take those menial jobs, then devote themselves to Annex. An inside look at the improbable longevity of Seattle’s scrappy Annex Theatre 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z And yet 10 months after he tested positive for the coronavirus, menial activities have the potential to level him. Slowed and sidelined, some athletes struggle to return from long-haul covid 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z She claimed in her retaliation lawsuit that insurance regulators “overtly and covertly” attempted to stop her from exposing tax fraud and created a hostile work environment by assigning her menial tasks and an overwhelming workload. New Mexico settles retaliation lawsuit by whistleblower 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z In Cairo’s affluent enclaves, many prefer hiring Asian or African migrant workers for housekeeping and other menial jobs, viewing them as more efficient. Egyptians overcame low expectations to free the giant ship stuck in the canal, boosting national pride 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Sherif was heading to a menial job in a downtown store. All aboard Bus 70: Traveling a local Libyan route from war to hope and renewal 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z He says he spent his time doing menial tasks such as shining officers’ boots and guarding grain barges. Canada is struggling to deport its last known Nazi suspect 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Barring that, we will continue to inhabit a world in which most of the population is miserably chugging away at pointless, menial jobs because they wrongly believe that misery is essential to survival. Cancel work: The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that work is not a virtue 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Competence without comprehension may apply to menial tasks like brushing your teeth or driving a car but certainly not to science and other lofty intellectual pursuits. Quantum Mechanics, the Chinese Room Experiment and the Limits of Understanding 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z She dropped out of school, then married a man who worked as a menial laborer. In Nepal and Across the World, Child Marriage Is Rising 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Some 80,000 Palestinians from the West Bank work in Israel proper, mostly in construction, agriculture and other menial fields. After delays and ethics debates, Israel begins vaccinating 100,000 Palestinian day laborers 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Walker initially did menial tasks for Bland and describes their first encounter in his autobiography. A murky legacy: Confederate generals who helped Black locals 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Only the most devoted Luddites would argue against automating any job, no matter how menial or dangerous. The Robots Are Coming for Phil in Accounting 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The unit, after doing menial work on arrival in December 1917, was barred from integration with other American troops and assigned to the 16th Division of the French Army, which accepted the soldiers without hesitation. African-American Sacrifice in the Killing Fields of France 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z They may decide instead to get a menial job to help support their family. Look to refugee schools for lessons on teaching kids after COVID, some experts say 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z I took my son to daycare, went to the grocery store, the farmer’s market, the liquor store, the drug store, and a variety of other places too menial to remember. Tern HSD P9 review: the everything e-bike 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z She added, “We are menial labor people that don’t require bachelor’s and master’s degrees, but we’re still people.” ‘We Are Forgotten’: Grocery Workers Hope for Higher Pay and Vaccinations 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z They had inherited almost nothing from the slavery era, and although they were now paid for their work, their job opportunities were largely confined to menial and manual labor. The Power of Social Justice Movements 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Cicely Tyson was born in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood on Dec. 18, 1924, to West Indian immigrants who scraped by in menial jobs. Cicely Tyson, actress who gave electrifying portrayals of resilient Black women, dies at 96 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z He left school at 15 and worked menial jobs before becoming a gravedigger and truck driver. Peter Sutcliffe, ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ who terrorized England in the 1970s, dies at 74 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Despite the family's wealth, he was expected to do the most menial jobs within his father's company and was sent to a military academy at age 13 after he started misbehaving in school. US election 2020: Trump and Biden pictured through the years 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Israel initially turned a blind eye to their influx and many took up menial jobs in hotels and restaurants. Sudan deal plunges migrants in Israel into new uncertainty 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Hazaras, long relegated to menial roles in society, place an especially high value on advanced education for both sons and daughters. A Kabul student survived an attack on his classroom. Two years later, his brother died in a suicide bombing at the same place. 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z But after months on Zoom in his parents’ house, any menial job sounded better than online classes. For a normal college experience during the pandemic, these students hopped continents 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Detractors accused corporate prisons of menial wages, lax standards for guards and high employee turnover. George Floyd languished inside a Texas prison. Communities and companies saw it as ‘economic development.’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z But emotional wounds are harder to close, especially when refugee life means a constant struggle with menial jobs and still unfamiliar cultures. ‘We Were Bulletproof’: As Child Soldiers Grow Up, Legacy of War Lingers 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z They worked grueling hours at menial jobs that offered little security; it had not occurred to many of them to even ask about such benefits, let alone to expect them. Opinion | Now the President and Frontline Workers Have Something in Common 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z The director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland has asked Nigeria’s president to pardon a teenager who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment with menial labor over a blasphemy conviction. Head of Auschwitz Memorial Seeks Easing of Nigerian Boy’s Prison Sentence 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z The cadets, tested and coronavirus-free, took over the menial jobs on the 418-foot Munro, such as washing dishes and cleaning its small boats. Pandemic spells opportunity for marooned Coast Guard cadets 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z When Lewis Matthews returned home to his mother’s apartment in the Bronx, he made deliveries for an art supply store and juggled other menial jobs. Returning From War, Returning to Racism 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Some commanders simply refused to allow African-Americans onto their posts, and those who did often assigned them menial tasks, like cleaning or handling supplies. The Black Female Battalion That Stood Up to a White Male Army 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Frey worked menial jobs after graduating from Columbus High School in 1988 and was often unemployed. A lifetime of collecting goes up for auction in Columbus 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z “We figured there is more to life than just doing menial jobs,” Joe Small said. A farm sanctuary for animals and humans is on the brink of closure. Can it survive? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z If Snyder’s idea of running a franchise was to send menials scurrying for more whiskey ice, the other owners were happy to accept the free if sloppy proceeds. Perspective | Daniel Snyder has now embarrassed — and exposed — the entire NFL 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z After studying at N.Y.U. and working more menial jobs, Matthews heard a radio announcement about selling life insurance. Returning From War, Returning to Racism 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Among staff, he is known for giving support to talented people without connections, but he can also be curt and demanding, leaving the menial work of fund-raising to others. Can the GOP outflank the Dems’ moral high ground? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Like a number of the city’s famed tycoons, he went from a menial role, toiling in a Hong Kong sweatshop, to founding a multi-million dollar empire. Hong Kong's rebel mogul and pro-democracy voice 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Cerritos, handling much of the menial labor that keeps a starship running while the bridge crew gets to have all the fun you see in most other Star Trek shows. Star Trek: Lower Decks hasn’t found its comedic edge yet 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z They labor at what some would call menial jobs. Opinion | It is diversity that makes ‘suburban dreams’ come true 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Economists in Israel say there is fierce competition over menial jobs, making finding any employment even harder. Swapping the stage for a deli: Israel underemployment rises 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z The historic association between menial labor and Blackness served to further entrap Black people in a circle of subservience in the American mind. America’s Enduring Caste System 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z He worked in menial jobs, served in the Portuguese military and at one point moved to London. A cut above: António Variações, Portugal's queer pop superstar 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Many Thais equate darker skin with low-paid menial work, such as rice farmers toiling under harsh sunlight. Black Lives Matter debate opens up in Thailand 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z White, who was based in New York, continued to visit Los Angeles to rub elbows with producers, and discourage them from making more films with the menial roles McDaniel played. Op-Ed: I don’t like 'Gone With the Wind,' but I hate to see Hattie McDaniel canceled 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Some staff members are more than happy to do menial chores as they climb the Washington ladder, regarding them as just another set of tasks in service of their boss’s success. Why Clean Shirts Become the Stuff of Dirty Laundry 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z “A lot of the Manhattan buildings will go on, but outer-borough buildings, where residents work in menial jobs, in restaurants or in retail, and are now out of work, those buildings will struggle.” Lobby Heroes of the Lockdown 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z But the people living there — mostly menial laborers who buy food one day at a time — are being driven deeper into hardship. An economic tsunami could soon thrust half a billion people into extreme poverty 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z You spend your time accumulating money by performing menial tasks like fishing, catching bugs, chopping wood and digging for fossils. Review | Animal Crossing: New Horizons provides endless joy in bringing life to a deserted island White Southern elites saw themselves as destined to lead and rule over menial laborers, slaves and a horde of inferiors. Review | Southern elites, Western libertarians and the conservative coalition 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z As adults, they worked menial jobs: shining shoes, cleaning utensils, standing in factory lines. Survivors of the Rosewood massacre won reparations. Their descendants aren’t sure the victory was enough. “I hyper-focus on menial tasks like cleaning to distract myself from the fact that my life is a vortex of unfulfilled potential,” says Stonoha-Debra in turn. Absurd and awful, Adult Swim is no longer an escape from reality. Embrace it 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z She would do menial tasks like making hangers for a penny, Zarza said. St. Clair business employing people with special needs 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z She recalled growing up watching her father, who worked his way up from menial jobs to work on the oil rigs, manage through booms and busts. In a Texas Oil Town, Pain but No Panic as Prices Crash 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Taking a break from social media and turning my attention to menial in-game tasks like planting and watering crops or fishing for snappers is therapeutic. Here’s a list of games you should play while you’re stuck inside avoiding the coronavirus 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z After his discharge he returned to California, taking menial jobs and writing advertising copy for local agencies. Clive Cussler obituary 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Many of the permits are used by laborers who do menial jobs inside Israel. Israel to allow hundreds more Gazans to enter for work 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z After years of working low-paying, menial jobs, she was coming from an interview at a flooring company. How Far Can Abused Women Go to Protect Themselves? 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Before he joined Chant, there was constant turnover in the position Heppard now holds; former shop helpers quickly grew bored with the job’s menial tasks. ‘It wasn’t hard at all:’ HR managers have ample help to hire people with disabilities | Produced by Advertising Publications 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The work is menial and educational opportunities are few, they claim. Inside the Chinese jail behind the Christmas card scandal 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Superstore is probably the best of these, marrying The Office’s humane comedy wrung from the soul-crushing drudgery of menial work with a topicality it never really attempted. Best 11 streaming shows on Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+ 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z He seemed no more interested in the menial aspects of the job. How Google’s Founders Slowly Stepped Away From Their Company 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The menial tasks people take for granted - cooking, showering, brushing your teeth - become difficult when there are so many people sharing facilities, Ms Clements explained. Child homelessness at Christmas up 46% in 4 years 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Most meals are “cup rice” he prepares in the shared kitchen, menial fare of rice and basic toppings - eggs, half an onion and sauce. No money, no hope: South Korea's 'Dirt Spoons' turn against Moon 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z With smart tech controlling your lamps, ceiling fans and outside fixtures, this menial task is no longer necessary. 10 things you don’t need around the house anymore because of tech 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Mr. al-Qosi then followed him to Afghanistan in 1996 where, the prisoner said in his guilty plea, he performed menial tasks at a Qaeda compound, including running its kitchen and sometimes serving as a driver. U.S. Offers Up to $4 Million for Location of Freed Guantánamo Convict 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z In 1947, he left newly communist Hungary for Britain, where he worked in a series of menial jobs, including swimming pool lifeguard, train station porter and mannequin factory worker. George Soros: ‘Brexit hurts both sides – my money was used to educate the British public’ 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z So when Scherzer woke up with a knot in his neck that made it, he said, “impossible just to do any menial task whatsoever today,” it fit the entirety of 2019. Perspective | The story of these Nationals has never been easy to believe, so why stop believing now? 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z It became impossible just to do any menial task whatsoever today,” he said, disgusted. Perspective | Baseball gods deliver Max Scherzer a cruel twist of fate. But don’t dismiss these Nats. 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z He ran a draft, made tons of trades, and handled meaningful and menial operations from parking passes to pumping ticket sales. Brand Name: 76ers GM goes full circle in championship hunt 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z But, also, he talked about the kidnap threats that his family faced as a consequence of the fact that he came in to do this fairly menial job. Pete Buttigieg Talks Impeachment, Health Care, and the Political Spectrum 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Jail trusties—model inmates who did menial jobs at the sheriff’s office—told him that they’d spent two weeks destroying paperwork, at the previous administration’s instruction. What if Your Abusive Husband Is a Cop? 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is accustomed to buying labour that it deems too menial for its citizens, and it extends that philosophy to its army. Saudi Arabia won’t attack Iran. But it may pay someone else to | Nesrine Malik 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Once those machines are in, all those menial, repetitive jobs are gone. ‘There’s a war for people’: strong jobs market belies a shortage of skilled workers 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z By contrast, the black majority endured segregation in urban townships and in rural reserves, denied access to the most fertile land and often serving whites in menial roles as housekeepers, gardeners, laborers and farmhands. Mugabe’s Reign Began With Bob Marley and Good Schools. Despotism Soon Followed. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Harris testified that he performed menial tasks such as cleaning the communal space and pooling the monthly rent to reduce his rent. Verdicts reached in California warehouse fire that killed 36 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z After graduation, she forgoes a master’s degree and takes a menial position at the Sierra Club. Nell Zink’s Satire Raises the Stakes 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The defeat caused a refugee crisis, with desperate fae fleeing to The Burge where they’re largely resigned to a life of menial labor and discrimination. Carnival Row works best when it isn’t copying Game of Thrones 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Caplin said his Depression-era upbringing, in which he saw educated adults reduced to menial jobs, had a major impact on his decision to turn to law as a vehicle for social change. Mortimer Caplin, charismatic and hard-driving IRS commissioner, dies at 103 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z But he handled protocol, administrative and visa issues, as well as some menial tasks. Special Report: How Poland became a front in the cold war between... 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z After moving in, he performed menial tasks such as cleaning the communal space and pooling the monthly rent to reduce his rent. California warehouse fire defendant: No one was in charge 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z When his father left, his mother got work in a nail salon, menial work for little reward and a quality of life that Vuong had no particular expectation of exceeding. Ocean Vuong: ‘As a child I would ask: What’s napalm?’ 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z He set off on the tried-and-true path of generations of Broadway wannabes, auditioning for his dream while working menial jobs in order to pay the rent. How Randy Rainbow reinvented political satire for the YouTube age 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Singh was promoted to bus route supervisor but asserts he was assigned menial tasks. Sikh school bus driver reported years of harassment over his turban and beard 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z He found it difficult to gain even menial employment. The Undercover Fascist 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Many are confined to the most menial jobs, such as cleaning sewers by hand, a practice euphemistically called manual scavenging. India’s lower-caste Dalits, who helped elect Modi, now threaten to oust him 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Both are largely uneducated and work 10 hour-days in menial jobs to support their families, who fled with them from one-room homes on that fateful day. India's polarized politics: how two teenagers will vote after... 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Computer scientists often are seen as programmers to do menial tasks. Opinion | Computer scientists’ important contributions 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Millions of young people, many of them college graduates, continue to apply for thousands of vacancies in menial government positions, a reflection of the shortage of well-paid, stable jobs. In the world’s biggest election, India’s Narendra Modi pushes fear over hope 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z They showed young black men that their fates did not hinge on “some menial job or getting involved in crime,” and that “strong, capable black men were out there.” Johnson Publishing Company, the ex-publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, files for bankruptcy 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z But his menial jobs paid just enough to eat, and eventually he decided to return home. A Family Craft With a Deadly Toll: Illegal Gun Making 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z McGregor, according to the New York Post, performed “menial tasks” at churches to fulfill that part of the agreement. McGregor-Nurmagomedov Twitter war gets even uglier as Dana White steps in 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z This type of job tends to be “rote, menial, and repetitive,” says Sarah T. Roberts, a professor of information science at the University of California at Los Angeles who studies information workers. Inmates in Finland are training AI as part of prison labor 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, people are lining up to perform even the most menial tasks. Thousands volunteer at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z So lazy, in fact, that they refuse to repeat menial tasks. The ten commandments for learning how to code 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z In contrast, programming it seemed menial, even secretarial. The Secret History of Women in Coding 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Employers who use E-Verify contend that they struggle to attract enough workers to perform menial, physically onerous jobs. Trump Organization to Use E-Verify to Prevent Hiring Undocumented Immigrants 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The list of prominent people at Otisville reduced to doing menial prison jobs is long. Michael Cohen’s Prison of Choice: Well-Known to Jewish Offenders 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Tired of beatings by her husband, Ms. Ammini’s mother fled their small village with her young children, taking menial jobs in hotels and on farms. Her Visit to a Men-Only Temple Went Smoothly. Then the Riots Started. 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In February, India’s railways system announced a national recruitment drive for the most menial positions in its hierarchy — helper, porter, cleaner, gateman, track maintainer, assistant switchman. India’s railroads had 63,000 job openings. 19 million people applied. 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z White is under investigation by the Defense Department inspector general amid accusations that she directed subordinate staff members carry out menial tasks for her. ‘Not too good’: Trump rips Mattis’s performance as the Pentagon seeks stability 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Many, like Rogers and Howell, had developed a semblance of functional addiction, getting by with menial jobs on factory floors and construction sites. Falling Out: Inside America’s other opioid epidemic 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Most of the Uighurs and Kazakhs, who were interviewed in exile, also said that even people with professional jobs were retrained to do menial work. US sportswear traced to factory in China’s internment camps 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Eunice was handed the largely menial task of hearing citizen complaints, while the other lawyers, 19 white men, tried to nail Luciano for racketeering. Review | Daughter of the black elite who brought down a gangster 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z During several weeks when the Model 3 production line was not yet operating, Ms. Stewart said, she was frequently assigned to menial tasks, while workers of other races did work like sorting components. Menial Tasks, Slurs and Swastikas: Many Black Workers at Tesla Say They Faced Racism 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z If you are going to ask someone for advice, be willing to offer something in return, even if it is as simple as helping with a menial task, like making copies or running an errand. How to win your first 3 months on the job | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z It’s not only menial tasks such as cleaning, laundry and dishes. Can We Avoid the Potential Dangers of AI, Robots and Big Tech Companies? 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z If our children become accustomed to bossing around their mechanical menials without so much as a please or a thank you, will they turn into adults we can’t stand? Learning to Love Robots 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, they are taught “vocational skills” – mostly menial labour such as packing tea leaves – to “prepare” them for their eventual release. China’s mass incarceration of Muslims cannot be left unchallenged | Timothy Grose 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Too often they end up doing menial tasks for little money, she said. Lincoln special education students run school’s coffee shop 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The Evening Star wrote in 1891: “They receive good wages, are considered more than menials, and their personal comfort and moral welfare are looked after.” Perspective | Good to the last drop: The drinking straw was invented in Washington 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z He experienced loss of energy and felt powerless to complete menial tasks like sorting the mail, taking a shower or even eating - all things he experienced after losing Alex. 1 year after teen’s suicide, Georgia father continues fight 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Miller, who served when African-Americans were limited to menial work in the Navy, reacted to the Pearl Harbor attack by pulling two shipmates to safety and manning a machine gun to shoot at Japanese planes. Work continues in Texas to honor black sailor Doris Miller 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z But no matter how menial or degrading their jobs were, the African Americans had to be deferential to their white domestic employers. Opinion | A bridge over a painful past 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z In the end, she said she took a “menial” summer temp job doing data entry under the guise of marketing. How to get your first job after college | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z But menial labor in factories or kitchen doesn't save up, Lured by the ads. in local Chinese town newspapers, she thought she could save up by being a masseuse, without realizing the huge trade risk. The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Her parents worked menial jobs to pay the rent and relied on food stamps for groceries. A doctor is taking over Planned Parenthood — and she’s ready to fight 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z For now, the approach is based mainly around teaming manned ships with robots, delegating dangerous or menial tasks like mine-clearing to unmanned submarines. Defense contractors race to build self-driving submarines that can clear sea mines 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z But when things are as supercharged as they are now with Kavanaugh, menial, daily tasks are packed with the potential for mischief for Democrats to attempt to sidetrack the nomination. McConnell designs gambit to handle other issues in Senate, while advancing Kavanaugh nomination 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Indians performing menial jobs for Europeans were also a common feature of these postcards. Racism and stereotypes in colonial India’s 'Instagram' 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z But he acknowledged that because Japanese workers often see part-time work as suited only for menial or mechanical tasks, “our idea was not fully understood by our team initially.” Japan’s Mothers Go Back to Work, but Find the Opportunities Lacking 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Many of their classmates are struggling, selling vegetables or doing menial labor. ‘We don’t have any fear’: India’s angry young men and its lynch mob crisis 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z “She now spends most of her time in menial jobs working paycheck to paycheck.” At Hotchkiss, Sexual Misconduct and ‘Missed Opportunities’ to Stop It 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Many took up menial jobs in hotels and restaurants, and thousands settled in southern Tel Aviv, where Israeli residents began complaining of rising crime. African migrants reel as Israeli law cuts into salaries 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z I started with menial work like cleaning, but I was sometimes allowed to arrange the flowers myself. Five determined North Koreans who are seizing the day in the South 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z So far, often in pilot projects focused on menial tasks, artificial intelligence is freeing workers from drudgery far more often than it is eliminating jobs. ‘The Beginning of a Wave’: A.I. Tiptoes Into the Workplace 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z As fighting drags on, public resentment is building against refugees, who are seen as taking jobs, even if menial ones, and driving down wages. For displaced Syrians, an offer to return home presents agonizing choices 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Some workers — in municipal services and the restaurant and transportation industries, for example — may do menial, unpleasant work, but if they all quit, the rest of us would notice. Review | Are you stuck in a pointless job? You are not alone. 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Most live in downtrodden neighborhoods in south Tel Aviv and work in menial jobs in restaurants or hotels. Eritrean diaspora watches Ethiopia thaw with hope, mistrust 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Many Palestinians work in menial jobs in the west side, where salaries are higher and work more plentiful. Israeli east Jerusalem plan gets cool Palestinian reception 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The general techno-optimism around automation is that it will produce better-paying, more fulfilling jobs for humans as menial tasks get taken over by robots and software. Why you should let a robot cook your next meal 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z They are among millions of migrants who perform menial jobs across Russia, and face routine police harassment and ethnic profiling. Migrant workers the key to Russia’s smooth-running World Cup 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z You either got married and had children or did menial jobs and starved. Sunday Conversation: Lesley Manville discusses her wide-ranging career and new appreciation for TV 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Individuals will find themselves staying on the job past 70 or taking menial jobs as senior citizens. A Generation of Americans Is Entering Old Age the Least Prepared in Decades 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z His experience led him to a career in robotics; with machines, he hoped to automate the most menial tasks, freeing people up for more creative pursuits. A Burger Joint Where Robots Make Your Food 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z When robots took everyone's jobs in 2050, the robots built an experience for humanity to relive the glory days of menial labour. E3 2018: What you might have missed 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The singer's father Flamur moved to the US when he was 21 and worked menial jobs to support the family. 'I banged on doors until my hands bled' 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The government does not hire servants to do menial private tasks for Cabinet members. Opinion | Pruitt is proof that scandal doesn’t matter in the Trump era 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Bullied at school, 28-year-old Danial Shaw said he used to just take menial jobs "because I never valued myself anything higher". Men saving lives by 'talking nonsense' 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The racial divide between those serving customers and employees in more menial jobs such as cleaning and washing dishes is very distinct, reflecting the dynamics of New York restaurants in 2006. Starz's 'Sweetbitter' is an introduction to life's flavors 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z I mismanaged my engineers, who can research new technologies and oversee medical units, by giving them menial tasks or keeping them idle while I waited for other workers to gather supplies for new research initiatives. Review | ‘Frostpunk:’ The stressful thrill of being a leader in tough times 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Wagoner and Donnelly say they faced retaliation and spent their last few years in the forest service with menial responsibilities. Women fighting forest fires say abuse is rife – but men often go unpunished 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z That means giving the employee greater responsibility and finding ways to automate more menial tasks. Atlanta company pays everyone at least $50k, following lead of Seattle company (sort of) | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z War has been the making of them, saved them from marriage or service or other menial drudgeries. Read an excerpt from Luna author Ian McDonald’s heartbreaking new time-travel romance 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Most important, unlike many politicians, circus folk understand that every person, no matter their background, and every job, no matter how seemingly minor or menial, matters. Opinion | Yet another clown wants to go to Congress 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Most forms of automation focus on performing repetitive, menial tasks. Artificial intelligence: Behind the algorithm | Provided by Virginia Tech 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Once in the United States, they scrambled to get menial jobs, like packing fruit or sewing clothes. Deported, and Sticking Out: ‘This Ain’t Home. America’s My Home.’ 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Officials view the crowded, slum-like neighborhoods as fire hazards and eyesores, despite the fact that the migrants do the menial jobs that allow a city like Beijing to function. Turning the Rubble of China’s Mass Evictions into Protest Art 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z "It's all the menial work, what you start with." Butcher Katie Flannery carries on a family tradition 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z She said he called her “stupid” and sent her on menial tasks. #MeToo in the Legislature: Harassment complaint process ‘is not reflecting women’s experiences’ in Olympia 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z At many companies, women are underpaid and relegated to menial roles. As Chinese women say, ‘Me Too’ alarm, government censors get busy 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z His plans for early retirement change, however, when he sees that the luxuries of his life are propped up by the immigrants who live on the outskirts of town and work menial jobs. The rise and fall of the award-winning white-saviour film 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The task seemed menial, but Opalinski credits it with laying the groundwork that got her a book deal. 62-year-old Hixson woman signs book deal with Harlequin 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z DeCamp also suspects fewer companies will rely on interns for menial tasks and little else. Unpaid internships are back, with the Labor Department's blessing 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z In a report released this month, Human Rights Watch said prosecutors and judges were doing little to distinguish between fighters and others who did menial jobs for the Islamic State, such as cooks. Iraq’s rapid-fire trials send alleged ISIS members — including foreigners — to the gallows 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z In recent months, they redeployed some signal maintainers to do menial tasks in support of contractors working on the subway’s electrical system. How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make Your Commute Miserable 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Most of them are marginalized and perform menial jobs. Pakistan Church Attacked by 2 Suicide Bombers 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Trying to save money, many find cheap apartments in the same run-down neighborhoods as migrants working menial jobs. Campaign to Drive Out Migrants Slams Beijing’s Best and Brightest 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z For example, a lawsuit filed by interns at Hearst Corp. argued that they did menial work with no supervision or formal training. Unpaid internships are back, with the Labor Department's blessing 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Centres training women to be "virtuous" have sprung up across China in recent years, telling women that career and femininity do not mix and forcing them to do menial work. Inside China's 'virtue schools' for women 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z At its genesis, computer programming faced a double stigma—it was thought of as menial labor, like factory work, and it was feminized, a kind of “women’s work” that wasn’t considered intellectual. The First Women in Tech Didn’t Leave—Men Pushed Them Out 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Crokin said she believed Howard retaliated against her after Deming interviewed her, taking away serious work and assigning her menial tasks. National Enquirer boss accused of sexually harassing female employees 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z He found a menial job at a pharmaceuticals company, but aspired to start his own business. In Beijing, a mass eviction leads to a rare public display of rage – LA Times 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z In addition to holding down menial jobs, Ms. Reese formed her own group, the Meditation Singers, but considered singing a hobby more than a steady or realistic career choice. Della Reese, star of long-running TV show ‘Touched by an Angel,’ dies at 86 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Incarcerated in a series of prisons over the years, Mr. Manson passed the time by playing the guitar, doing menial chores and making scorpions and spiders out of thread from his socks. Charles Manson Dies at 83; Wild-Eyed Leader of a Murderous Crew 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Former ambassadors recalled to Washington feel humiliated about being assigned menial jobs such as reviewing Freedom of Information Act requests to clear a large backlog. State Department’s plan for staff cuts causing new worry in Congress 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Crokin said she believed Howard retaliated against her after Deming interviewed her, taking away serious work and assigning her menial tasks. National Enquirer boss accused of sexually harassing female employees 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z "It's the software guys, the marketing guys and the investment guys, it's not the menial work or the traditional call centre stuff, it's quality jobs," he added. Tech firms face skilled staff battle 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z It will be an important local employer, especially of women, and not just in menial jobs. The first universal museum of the Arab world opens in the UAE 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Reedies Against Racism also posted a Google document to Facebook earlier this year allowing white people to sign up for menial labor not deemed important enough for full-fledged group members. Student occupation at Reed College enters 11th day 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Women, Latino, American Indian and African American employees are given lower performance scores, making it more difficult for them to advance professionally and confining them to more menial tasks, according to the lawsuit. Three women sue Uber in San Francisco claiming unequal pay, benefits 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z He got a menial factory job, earned a degree in engineering and started his own electrical services company. Jon Lester, Convicted in Howard Beach Race Attack, Dies at 48 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z There has been growing concern in Lebanon and other countries that the refugees are taking jobs, albeit many menial ones, and may never return home. In Lebanon, a rape and murder galvanize anti-Syrian fervor 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z He worked a series of menial jobs to pay for food, beer and $300 a month rent. 'One false move and you're done': how US cities are changing for runaway kids 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z There's a joyful hardscrabble gloss on every action, a feeling that all the days, weeks and months' worth of menial labor is slotting into a vast, harmonious machinery that's slowly spooling up. Stardew Valley for Switch Is the Farming Game's Ideal Home 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Women, Latino, American Indian and African American employees are given lower performance scores, making it more difficult for them to advance professionally and confining them to more menial tasks, according to the lawsuit. Three women sue Uber in San Francisco claiming unequal pay, benefits 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z While their jobs may seem menial, their hearts are nothing short of extraordinary. I owe a debt of gratitude to UW’s immigrant janitors 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z As he sees it, having robots handle menial tasks allows human guards to assume greater responsibilities - like managing a platoon of K5 robots - and likely earn more pay in the process. Growing dilemma: Automated jobs meet social consciousness 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z As he sees it, having robots handle menial tasks allows human guards to assume greater responsibilities — like managing a platoon of K5 robots — and likely earn more pay in the process. Growing dilemma: Automated jobs meet social consciousness 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Scott alleges that women were paid less than men, and given menial tasks. The lawyers taking on Silicon Valley sexism: 'It's far worse than people know' 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Under Jim Crow, most were relegated to sharecropping and menial labor in the South and elsewhere. Racial gap in incomes has solidified, study finds 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z For four seasons, “The Fugitive” found the hunted Kimble fleeing to a different city or town each week, adopting aliases and taking on menial jobs while eluding Lt. 50 years on, 'The Fugitive' farewell set a precedent for big series finales 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Deepening poverty among refugees drives more boys into menial work and more girls into early marriage. Third of Syrian refugee kids not in school, despite pledges 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z And if the general wants to avoid being treated as just another menial fly-swatter, he will seize this moment to assert control, or leave having at least tried. Opinion | The secret agreement John Kelly must make with Trump 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The 53-year-old subway conductor has been luckier than most Dalits back home, women especially, who suffer unspeakable cruelty, are employed in menial jobs including cleaning of human excreta and are segregated by their communities. 'Untouchable' New York subway worker's memoir makes waves - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z “So oftentimes, those people end up in a menial type of job, not because of their lack of academic ability, but because of their lack of academic exposure.” Milligan hosts Taiwanese baseball players for camp 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Prohibitive laws declared that black and brown people were allowed only to work in menial jobs and had to carry passes dictating where they could and could not set foot. Travel bans and walls: shades of South Africa apartheid 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z They subsist as farmers and laborers or commute to menial jobs in New Delhi — not on the capital’s modern, air-conditioned metro rail line but via the cheap, suburban train that Junaid used. After a Hindu mob lynches a Muslim teenager in India, his family asks, ‘Why are they allergic to us?’ 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z “Even menial tasks such as domestic chores were a pleasant pastime,” Chang wrote. With Nike selling Momofuku skateboard shoes, is the ‘rock star’ chef analogy dead? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z In another, half or more reported being asked to do menial tasks men aren't expected to, dealing with unwanted sexual advances and feeling they don't have the opportunities of male counterparts. How Upheaval at Uber Is a Wake-Up Call for Silicon Valley 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Simply put, the companies say, Americans are not very interested in menial, short-term work. Visa shortage creates vacancies for summer-tourism jobs 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z If men want to vote, they’re required to take on menial work. The Moon and the Other: a sci-fi novel about how we undermine our best intentions 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z While with the Islamic State, she said, he performed menial tasks: buying groceries, taking out the trash, getting lunch. What happens when you join the Islamic State — then change your mind 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z They will take any job, even menial jobs, despite any professional experience or college credits they have. Opinion | Do people who can’t find work deserve to go hungry? 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z The children were tasked with mostly menial jobs, none more tedious than folding stacks of pink boxes. Why are doughnut boxes pink? The answer could only come out of Southern California 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Many toil in the most menial of jobs, working as truck drivers, farmers or laborers. Chinese Merchants Thrive in Senegal, Where People ‘Needed Stuff’ 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z They did the menial work that the citizens of economically growing Western Europe considered below them. High Turkish support for Erdogan in EU worries Europeans 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z During that time, however, he had lost his career position and was left doing menial tasks and manual labor. Issachar Stories: From Sierra Leone to Slidell, pastor impacting lives 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The detainees also are seeking more than the $1 a day they are paid for performing menial jobs around the detention center. Talks to end hunger strike by immigrant detainees in Tacoma showing promise, activist says 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z We exchanged menial small talk until I decided to shake things up further. She 'ghosted' me. Twice. 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Most black draftees grudgingly joined the rigorously segregated army, but few saw combat; they were, instead, assigned to menial labor done in uniform. Opinion | Five myths about World War I 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z They initially were expected to return home after doing the menial work that the citizens of economically growing Western Europe considered below them. Lack of German means Turk must vacate Austrian kebab stand 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z He said in the past year, Purinton bounced from one menial job to the next and was sometimes drunk by mid-morning. Neighbor: Bar attack suspect a 'drunken mess,' not political 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z His mother, educated to be a schoolteacher, worked for most of her life at whatever menial jobs were available in town. Righting history: Every month is Black History Month at BlackPast.org 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z At 18, working in a series of menial jobs, she had a second child, whom she gave up for adoption. Norma McCorvey obituary 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z He played only the menial role of a messenger. I sentenced criminals to hundreds more years than I wanted to. I had no choice. 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Any ball that wasn’t hit near him and forced him to his left or right or back for a menial distance was a struggle to get to. Offseason moves add to speed, athleticism and defense in the Mariners' outfield 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z After leaving the army, Sannikov took menial jobs and hunted for “some kind of purpose”. The Russian Buddhists v the billionaire – a photo essay 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z This stage is pronounced by the acceleration of menial job loss & the growth of financial desperation. Trump’s Unfashionable Tax Idea 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Farm gate prices have tripled over the past seven years, keeping once-poor farmers on the land rather than seeking menial work in neighboring Thailand. Cambodia's 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z That violated the traditional idea of a butler as a respected manager of the household and above most menial tasks. Rich Chinese, Inspired by ‘Downton,’ Fuel Demand for Butlers 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Robots are menial servants and sycophants rather than colleagues, and human slavery persists. Why Peter Thiel Fears “Star Trek” 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Eventually, Walmart will automate what they do, reducing the need for menial labor even further. White Resentment on the Night Shift at Walmart 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z “When I went back home, I could only find menial work,” he says. China’s Bodyguards Struggle to Find Rich People to Protect 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Members of the local Christian community mostly do menial jobs and are unable to afford licensed alcohol. Nearly 30 Christians in Pakistan Die After Drinking Toxic Alcohol on Christmas 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Investigators with the Los Angeles Police Robbery Homicide Division said Galstyan was tired of being humiliated and forced to do menial tasks. Man gets 4 life terms in prison for killing 4 in mass shooting at L.A. restaurant 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Until recently, sleep rituals, nappy changes and burping weren’t menial tasks that distracted from the real business of parenting; they were the defining experiences of it. If a robot rocks my son to sleep, am I still his parent? 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z In Gubaiya, a sedate hamlet in northwestern Yemen, many men worked in neighboring Saudi Arabia on construction sites, at restaurants and in menial jobs. An unexpected result of Yemen’s war: More men are cooking and cleaning 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z I do menial little jobs for him, like gathering the weather reports for all the baseball stadiums. Cat Hulbert: How I got rich beating men at their own game - BBC News 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The bulk of them paid blue collar people decent wages to do menial tasks – putting things in boxes and sending them out to the world. Warehouses promised lots of jobs, but robot workforce slows hiring 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z The scene is melancholic, even tragic, as Robeson contrasts the hardships of his menial labor with the effortless flow of the Mississippi River. Black Male Glamour, as Style and Substance 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Not because I want to reduce his opulent lifestyle to a repetitive menial task – although I would be fine with that – but because I’ve got a hunch he might be good at it. After Farage, who else might Trump want to hire for us? | David Mitchell 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z He took various menial jobs – carpet warehouse, lightbulb factory – before succumbing to drug and alcohol addiction. Cult heroes: East River Pipe – outsider pop craftsman of humble majesty 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z It is expensive, takes loans, often is inadequate and often results in debt-burdened “nomads” taking menial jobs in cities. How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z This may seem like a menial preseason practice sequence, and for the most part it was. D'Angelo Russell three-point shooting blog 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z For many, menial labor and humiliation are the price of admission to America. My mother is vetted every day of her life 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z If you increase pay for menial tasks, what incentive is there to do more with your life? How Did Walmart Get Cleaner Stores and Higher Sales? It Paid Its People More 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Without government aid, the 60-year-old retired railroad worker said he and others like him are working menial jobs to get food for their families. Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram now threatened by famine 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Lower castes were forced into menial or unholy jobs such as cleaning the sewers or working with leather. Millions march in a sea of saffron - the silent rage of India’s ignored farmer caste 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Apple sells you on a premium experience that’s undercut by the menial reality of its storage plans. Ok Google, why is iCloud storage so expensive? 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z In the past, Ladd says, federal support was limited because of concerns that young people would choose apprenticeships that led to menial jobs rather than enter conventional degree programs. U.S. Goes to School For Apprenticeships 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Somebody's got to finance a lifetime of meals, guards, housing, recreation, payment for menial work, medical and dental care, fitness/recreation, magazines/newspapers/books/television, clothing, supervised visitations, grooming, counseling, training, etc. Where the Death Penalty Still Lives 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z So far, around 33,000 refugees found jobs since early 2015, mostly in menial labor or as cleaners and security guards. Building a life in Germany, a Syrian watches war at home 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z The increased use of robots equipped with artificial intelligence to do menial tasks suggests a very different world will be emerging in the decades ahead. Editorials from around New England 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Seven years after leaving his village in northern India to find work in the bursting metropolis of Mumbai, Sundar Singh Jatav was struggling in a menial job at a video game shop. This 23-year-old was duped into selling his kidney, then exposed an illegal organ racket in India 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z While competing across the country and abroad, he took mostly menial jobs — one was cleaning latrines — despite a reported IQ of 132. Norbert Schemansky, Who Won Weight-Lifting Gold but Scant Public Acclaim, Dies at 92 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Over the following decades, African-Americans were shut out of city contracts and often relegated to menial or dangerous jobs. Where the Death Penalty Still Lives 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z As a teenager, he worked menial jobs, picking grapes in the local vineyards and cleaning rooms at a motel, saving for college. Flint’s Water Crisis and the ‘Troublemaker’ Scientist 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z “People may see this as menial work,” said Valerie Farrar, manager of recruitment, examination and classification for the Prince George’s County Department of Human Resources Management. In Prince George’s, summer jobs give teenagers more than work experience 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The job is menial and demeaning, the apartment a cell. ‘Black Girl’ a powerful portrait of African woman who vows ‘never will I be a slave’ 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Nothing seems too menial for the helpers, who are uniformly thrilled about the prospect of seeing their handiwork on display, even if it is anonymous. Art Installation in Torrington Is a Colorful Reflection of a River, and a Community 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Ali said he and the others were forced to work in construction and menial labor and were beaten regularly. Migrants face torture, rape in journey from Libya to Europe 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Williams is “ecstatic” to work full time at tasks that some might consider menial. Though legally blind, worker strives to be independent 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Many men in the Party frankly want to keep the women doing the menial work, while the selection of candidates and the policy decisions are taken care of by the men in the smoke-filled rooms. How Women Changed American Politics 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z People less wish menial tedious laborious work but also they don't wish excruciatingly specific narrow work where 12 years of preparation is needed for it. Which Labor Market Data Should You Believe? 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Girls often left school and took menial jobs to support their brothers’ education. Of careers and carers 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Yagi, too, did not like to talk about her life in South Korea, though her callused and crooked fingers appeared to reflect a life of menial labor. Aging Japanese Women Find a Resigned Solace in South Korea 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Even the tech optimists admit that many jobs involving menial or repetitive tasks will be automated. How happy chatbots could become our new best friends - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z But there is always someone to chat to through the menial jobs and a great sense of camaraderie, which makes the work feel a lot less pointless. The secret life of a fast-food worker: ‘‘I’ve got used to everything being greasy’’ | Anonymous 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z “I was living in a halfway house when I relapsed. Working in a menial job. I just felt stuck. There was nowhere for me to go,” he said. How cracking down on America's painkiller capital led to a heroin crisis 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z They live in shantytowns on the outskirts of cities, are often refused schooling and work menial jobs like shoe-shining or street cleaning or turn to begging. The 'untouchables' of Yemen caught in crossfire of war 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The problem is compounded by the fact that so many work outdoors in menial jobs, having dropped out of school because they can't see. The albino who confronted a witchdoctor - BBC News 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z And as menial tasks are automated it will leave us free to concentrate on more valuable activities, like developing better customer relationships or dreaming up new products and services, he argues. How happy chatbots could become our new best friends - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z He spent time in Britain in the 1970s, where he says he worked a series of menial jobs before saving enough money to return to Uganda. Ugandan Asians dominate economy after exile - BBC News 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z She said they performed tasks that were far from menial and were not suited to an hourly wage. Start-Ups Embrace Arbitration to Settle Workplace Disputes 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z There they performed menial tasks around the base, off-loading supplies and working around the barracks. Three deaths linked to recent Navy SEAL training classes 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Many have since settled down to menial jobs in the fertile farming region in the shadow of the basalt crags of the Sahyadri mountain range. An Indian teen was raped by her father. Village elders had her whipped. 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Yet thousands of Christians in Lahore still are relegated to menial jobs, such as cleaning gutters, and are stereotyped as dirty. Easter attack in Pakistan shows how poor civilians remain the easiest targets 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z |
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