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labor
In economics, the general body of wage earners. In classical economics, labor is one of the three factors of production, along with capital and land. Labor can also be used to describe work performed, incl. any valuable service rendered by a human agent in the production of wealth, other than accumulating and providing capital. Labor is performed for the sake of its product or, in modern economic life, for the sake of a share of the aggregate product of the community's industry. The price per unit of time, or wage rate, commanded by a particular kind of labor in the market depends not only on the technical efficiency of the laborer but also on the demand for his services and on the supply of other workers. Other variables include the training, skill, and intelligence of workers and the social status, prospects for advancement, and relative difficulty of the work. All these factors make it impossible for economists to assign a standard value to labor performed. Instead, they often compare different uses of the available supply of labor with reference to the quantity and value of the product they yield.


Labov
U.S. linguist. Born in Rutherford, N.J., Labov began his graduate work in 1961 after a career as an industrial chemist, focusing on regional and class differences in English pronunciation on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and in New York City, and ways to assess phonetic change and variation quantitatively. Most of his later research dealt with the same issues in increasingly sophisticated ways, culminating in his monumental Principles of Linguistic Change (1994). The discovery that Amer. English pronunciation was becoming regionally more rather than less divergent countered popular belief and attracted attention outside linguistics.


Lebowa
Former nonindependent black state, N Transvaal, S. Africa. It was designated by the S. African government as the national territory for N Sotho people, incl. the Pedi, Lovedu, and Kanga-Kone. It was granted self-government in 1972 and held its first election in 1973. After the abolition of apartheid in 1994, it became part of the new Northern province.


Bow
U.S. film actress. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she escaped poverty at 16 by winning a magazine contest that gave her a bit part in a film. Hired by Paramount Pictures in 1925, she played larger roles in such films as Mantrap (1926) and Kid Boots (1926). After her starring role as a flapper in the successful silent film It (1927), Bow was known as "the It girl," with "It" being understood as the appeal of the liberated young woman. She starred in 20 more films (1927-30), but scandals and nervous breakdowns undermined her career. She retired in 1933 and spent her later years in mental institutions.


Cabola
Legendary pueblos of splendor and riches sought by Spanish conquistadors in N. America during the 16th cent. They were first reported by A. Cabeza de Vaca, who was ...

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