71.   The fraction of men who have moved into so-called pink-collar jobs like practical nursing or clerical work remains negligible.

72.   The hope is to attract more immigrants to unions and help improve the lives in bottom-rung jobs like janitors, hotel maids and farm workers.

73.   The joys of December also bring a lot of time-demanding chores, jobs like wrapping presents and sending Christmas cards.

74.   The immigrants, mostly Hispanic, are entrenched in low-paying jobs like construction and demolition, nurseries, meatpacking and poultry processing.

75.   The shortage is especially acute in jobs like housekeeper, kitchen helper and laundry worker.

76.   The students snap up low-level jobs like busing tables, business owners say, rather than demanding to be waiters like many American students.

77.   There are people who have left the payroll but remain on the job like ghosts and people who are busy preparing themselves for the unknown.

78.   They have more holding power than nails, so they are better for heavy jobs like hanging doors.

79.   They went into retailing and office work and jobs like truck drivers, cooks, landscapers and mechanics.

80.   They were also second-class citizens, confined to separate neighborhoods, made to pay extra taxes and handed jobs like moneylending and jewelry-making, which Muslims distained.