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The Guardian
p.1 20 October 2008
http://digital.guardian.co.uk/guardian/2008/10/20/pdfs/gdn_081020_ber_1_20988393.pdf

The Guardian
p. 9 23 April 2005
"Or, devant ces mots d'origine française ou latine,
le
traducteur non averti,
victime de leur ressemblance verbale avec les nôtres,
ne
s'avise pas toujours que l'identité de forme
n'entraîne pas nécessairement l'identité de sens." (p. 10).
Koessler, Max, Les faux amis des vocabulaires anglais et américain,
Paris, Vuibert, 1975, 584 p. (1ère édition 1928).
Certains mots deviennent des faux-amis
en fonction du contexte
:
missile
peut
signifier
"projectile" (manifestation
/ émeute / vandalisme / violence)
ou
"missile" (guerre).
Bottles,
bricks and rocks came flying
over the steel barricades keeping nationalists back
as missiles flew between loyalist supporters
and nationalists.
Loyalist parade sparks riots in
Catholic area, G, 13.7.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/13/northernireland.angeliquechrisafis
The US
administration is negotiating
with Poland and the Czech Republic
over its
controversial missile defence programme,
with a view to
positioning the biggest missile defence site
outside the US in central Europe.
US
in talks over biggest missile defence site in Europe, G, 13.7.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/13/usa.poland
Autres exemples de modification
du sens
en fonction du contexte :
cry
signifie pleurer,
mais aussi
crier :
Cry About the Real Wolf
Cry About the Real Wolf, NYT, 6.3.2013,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/opinion/blow-cry-about-the-real-wolf.html
intelligence
peut être un
vrai ami :
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/
opinion/trump-letter-comey.html
ou un faux
ami :
https://www.cia.gov/index.html
Attention au contre-sens (CS) !
Le sens d'un faux-ami
est
parfois l'inverse du mot français :
sanction :
autoriser
≠
sanctionner : punir, mettre à l'amende,
réprimander
Un faux-ami peut aussi signifier
tout autre chose
que le mot français :
union : syndicat
dramatic : spectaculaire, impressionnant
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/14/
522956939/maps-show-a-dramatic-rise-health-in-insurance-coverage-under-aca
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/24/
483348606/david-camerons-dramatic-rise-and-fall
actually : en fait, en réalité

The Guardian p. 42
13 December 2008
http://digital.guardian.co.uk/guardian/2008/12/13/pdfs/gdn_081213_ber_42_21445518.pdf

Comment on dit non en anglais?
lundi 06 juin 2005 - 17:50
Londres, Downing street (la rue où est logé le Premier ministre Tony Blair),
lundi.
En français, ça donne: «La Constitution de l'UE est une grande arnaque».
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=300175&Template=GALERIE&Objet=39017
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=301962

The Guardian p. 20 14
July 2006
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degree USA
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damage USA
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opinion/the-damage-wrought-by-the-gun-lobby.html
documentation
USA
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decry
USA
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510746700/donald-trump-sworn-in-as-the-45th-president-of-the-united-states
gratuitously USA
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vacancies USA
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chips UK
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polish-becomes-englands-second-language
con / con
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madam UK
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scotland-prostitution-debate-criminalisation-legalisation
feminist society UK
http://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2013/jun/20/
why-i-started-a-feminist-society
queue UK
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dole-queue-jobseekers-online
venue UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/jul/25/
bruce-springsteen-opens-new-leeds-arena
sympathy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/27/
boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-death-penalty
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/
the-shooting-in-aurora/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-ireland-
queen-idUSTRE74H2NW20110519
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/
opinion/16brooks.html
application UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/jul/06/
make-your-cv-work
original
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/
arts/music/bob-casale-guitarist-in-devo-dies-at-61.html
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/24/
apple-mac-ipad-30th-birthday
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/26/
modern-mods-music-no-good
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/05/
ginger-baker-cream-interview
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/sep/13/
richard-hamilton-artist-dies
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/
theater/05haworth.html
entourage USA
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/06/
285893848/how-bad-directions-and-a-sandwich-started-world-war-i
injury UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/22/
recovering-brain-injury
crime USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/
magazine/should-prostitution-be-a-crime.html
satisfied UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/26/
joanna-yeates-body-found
advocate
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/17/
520467050/advocates-say-trump-budget-cuts-will-hurt-countrys-most-vulnerable
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/sports/
frank-stranahan-top-amateur-golfer-and-ardent-fitness-advocate-dies-at-90.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/nyregion/
jon-kest-community-advocate-in-new-york-dies-at-57.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/
technology/google-engineer-told-others-of-data-collection-fcc-report-reveals.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/
technology/27facebook.html
impression
http://www.npr.org/2016/10/28/
499796182/british-comedian-tracey-ullman-brings-celebrity-impersonations-to-hbo
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/apr/18/
rory-bremner-review
impressionist
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/apr/18/rory-bremner-review
impression
http://www.npr.org/2016/10/28/
499796182/british-comedian-tracey-ullman-brings-celebrity-impersonations-to-hbo
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/apr/18/rory-bremner-review
fantasy
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/09/
true-nature-of-our-desires-pornography
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/
opinion/19dowd.html
pain
grief
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/us/14funeral.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/18/
sex-after-bereavement-widower-relationships
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/jul/11/
jemma-redgrave-corin-redgrave-interview
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-05-
amish-funerals_x.htm
commencement
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-05-19-
clinton-nola_N.htm
comprehensive USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/
opinion/l11mideast.html
fanfare
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/
business/in-facebook-stock-rush-fanfare-vs-realities.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/
politics/02osha.html
the prominent USA
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arts/nelson-shanks-who-painted-the-prominent-dies-at-77.html
grass verge
impressionist
profane USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/us/
09milblogs.html
facade UK
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/jan/27/
health.healthandwellbeing
photograph UK
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/08/
how-an-old-photograph-has-helped-me-with-the-death-of-my-father
charade
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/
opinion/israels-charade-of-democracy.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/29/
usnews.climatechange
facility
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/19/
490624225/surveillance-stills-from-border-patrol-facilities-show-crowded-trash-filled-cell
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/
arts/evan-connell-88-novelist-in-multiple-genres.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/us/29riot.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/nov/26/
esa-space-facility-harwell-earth-observation
utility
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/
business/energy-environment/as-winter-takes-hold-plunging-temperatures-test-utilities.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/business/energy-environment/
arizona-utility-tries-storing-solar-energy-for-use-in-the-dark.html
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/03/
water-companies-polluting-rivers-beaches
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/nyregion/
area-utilities-plan-to-focus-on-rapid-recovery.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/
business/energy-environment/utility-shelves-plan-to-capture-carbon-dioxide.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/business/energy-environment/24idaho.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/us/20utility.html
concerned USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-01-24-crime-surge_x.htm
honesty USA
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/
535757103/how-to-be-a-muslim-author-on-being-a-spokesperson-for-his-faith
Afrikaans USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/world/africa/17iht-letter.html
Afrikaner USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/world/africa/
17iht-letter.html
Briton UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/13/operation-mushtarak-helmand-taliban
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/16/pakistan.jamessturcke
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/nov/23/uk.oil
heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/16/
ryan-giggs-gary-neville-skyscraper-plans-threaten-manchester-heritage
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/27/yorkshire-stone-thieves-region-heritage
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/us/focus-on-heritage-hinders-foster-care-for-indians.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/12/dont-knock-down-battersea-power-station
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/sep/08/open-days-doors-london-heritage
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jun/27/churches-synagogues-english-heritage
English Heritage UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/23/abbey-road-studios-listed-heritage
page USA
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-12-08-foley_x.htm
indulgence USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/books/14holland.html
travails USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/us/
wife-of-accused-soldier-kept-blog-on-travails-of-army-life.html
store
the tube UK
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/05/politics.transport
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/jul/18/transportintheuk
expose
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/01/
us-embassy-cables-mervyn-king
exposed
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/09/
us-egypt-security-idUSTRE7280HJ20110309
sale
plume
pipe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/may/17/
banksy-rat-drain-australian-builder
fume
buffet
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/23/
storm-winds-torrential-rain-britain-weather
pupil
flippant
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/10/
django-unchained-portrayal-slavery-flippant
period
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/07/02/
who-won-the-civil-war/the-us-won-the-civil-war
minutes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/24/
iraq-freedom-of-information
occasion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/12/
light-aircraft-crash-county-down
occasion hats

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Iowa
Cagle
3 November 2010
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chance
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-usa-fed-lacker.html
place
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/23/
is-london-a-good-place-to-live
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/30/janelle-monae-electric-lady-album-interview
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/dec/23/best-place-christmas-pub-crawl
place
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/
opinion/who-hasnt-trump-banned-people-from-places-where-hes-made-money.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/10/
travel/2013-places-to-go.html
turkey
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/dec/20/how-cook-christmas-turkey-barbecue
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/video/2010/dec/20/christmas-turkey
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/26/bernard-matthews-turkey-tycoon-dies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/26/bernard-matthews-timeline
http://www.cagle.com/news/Turkeys10/10.asp
charity
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/services/
2008-10-26-fundraising-crisis-donations-charities_N.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/05/military.richardnortontaylor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/may/21/mentalhealth.socialcare
piece
physician
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/
business/media/16smoke.html
Romanesque
catalogue
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/24/jack-white-review
label
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/04/def-jam-hip-hop-music
serious
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/2827683/
Channel-Tunnel-reopens-for-freight-but-disruption-continues.html
espouse
infant
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-11-03-medicaid_x.htm
condition
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/06/how-to-avoid-dementia-study
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/feb/05/multiple-sclerosis-sunshine-vitamin-d
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/jul/21/health.medicineandhealth1
serious condition
confidence
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/01/laura-marling-interview-confidence
economic confidence
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/mar/25/voters-cuts-coalition-poll
consumer confidence
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/20/recession-economy-slump-crunch
consumer sentiment
tariffs
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/business/30currency.html
lament
policy
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/10/opinion/bad-prison-policy-for-women.html
conservative
conservation
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/conservation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/18/conservation-brownfield-sites
contemplate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/20/kanye-west-contemplated-suicide
retribution
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/us/politics/03address.html
sports facilities
service
conviction
ejaculation
ejaculate
industrial action
distraction
gallantly
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2008/oct/02/secondworldwar.military
chandelier
intoxicated
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/30/nyregion/30crash.html
water table
furniture
pub
graphic
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/21/conflict.journalists.bang.bang.club/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/health/policy/11tobacco.html
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2006-06-22-digital-magazine_x.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/may/19/cannes2005.cannesfilmfestival3
balance
age
digital age
digital
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-12-17-person-of-the-year_x.htm
marine
cry
exhibition
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/jan/15/tate-britain-exhibition-homage-lowry
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/may/10/richard-hamilton-painting-posthumous-exhibition
response
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/feb/17/
ukcrime.ukguns
guardian
penalty
mercy
deportation
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/08/judges-deportation-flight-baghdad
deportation
USA
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/13/
509547916/trumps-promises-of-deportations-create-uncertainty-for-n-j-family
be deported
fountain
comics
comic artist
cartoon
regard
regard
riches
union
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/aug/05/women-changing-union-movement-tuc
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/business/chrysler-is-last-to-reach-deal-with-union.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/05/politics.transport
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/11/money.abbey
institution
UK
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/us/ending-segregation-of-the-mentally-disabled.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121218278041833793.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today
administrations
parole
preservative
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/may/08/health.food
etiquette
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette
female
present
operator
recipient
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/nicholas-oresko-medal-of-honor-recipient-dies-at-96.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/us/03hajiro.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/us/15baker.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/28/us/20091128-foodstamps.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-50-most-ludicrous-britons-2008-1066098.html
domestic
negligence
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-20-manslaughter_x.htm
genial
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/arts/television/17narz.html
exotic
intelligence
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/27/
bush-administration-sold-iraq-war
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/world/asia/in-detecting-kim-jong-il-death-a-gobal-intelligence-failure.html
http://blogs.reuters.com/bernddebusmann/2011/04/01/u-s-intelligence-and-the-wisdom-of-crowds/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/world/middleeast/11iht-intelligence11.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/world/01terror.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/us/27fbi.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/dec/08/iran.usa1
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/27/iraq.alqaida
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jun/06/comment.july7
evidence
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/03/joanna-yeates-murder-police-fresh-appeal
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/nyregion/04evidence.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/27/pope-aids-hiv-lancet
condemnation
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/27/us/27lifton.html
basket
hazard
http://www.npr.org/2016/09/30/
495794999/new-maps-label-much-of-new-orleans-out-of-flood-hazard-area
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/26/vaping-answer-to-smoking-or-hazard
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/opinion/sunday/is-your-kitchen-a-health-hazard.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/opinion/22tue2.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/nyregion/29bmw.html
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/jun/26/food.lifeandhealth
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/01/weather.world2
accidental
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/27/usa
course
relief
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/opinion/10thu1.html
cave
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/29/uknews4.mainsection3
cave
USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/09/
514294579/archaeologists-excavate-12th-cave-they-say-once-housed-dead-sea-scrolls
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-25-
cave-remains_x.htm
case
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/23/suffolkmurders.audreygillan
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/lawrence
global
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jul/28/syria.alqaida

Daryl Cagle
Cagle
21 April 2004
grades
demonstration
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/
opinion/messages-of-the-wall-st-demonstration.html
conflagration
injure
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/26/10-troops-injured-afghanistan-bomb
injured
dedicated
commandeer
commend
rejoin
charge
incite
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/world/asia/
koran-burning-in-afghanistan-prompts-second-day-of-protests.html
court
consistent
tax evasion
situation
exposé
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/22/john-simpson-wrong-side-bosnia-libel-trial
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/25/books.booksnews
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/sep/20/broadcasting.bbc2
palace
massage
brave
large
phrase
http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/phrases-we-love-too-much-2/
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/palin-defends-use-of-blood-libel-phrase/
passé
séance
prolific offenders
pile
date

Bruce Beattie
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Florida
Cagle
4.7.2008
Related
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-06-26-scotus-guns_N.htm
casket
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-12-29-ford-funeral_x.htm
audience
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/movies/awardsseason/07Scott.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-11-22-internet-suicide-reaction_N.htm
infantile
audience
virtual audience
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-11-22-internet-suicide-reaction_N.htm
bastard
provision
Bank Holiday
barracks
battery
river
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/03/diamond-jubilee-pageant-river
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/us/31red.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/topstories/2008-06-21-544975597_x.htm
trouble
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/technology/24social.html
abuse
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/education/
parents-protest-los-angeles-school-after-teachers-sex-abuse-arrests.html
detention
honest
visit
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/world/middleeast/
islamic-state-blows-up-ancient-temple-at-syrias-palmyra-ruins.html
be visited
on N
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/
michael-mccarthy-echoes-of-the-day-horror-was-visited-on-hungerford-1990077.html
play truant
military fatigues
conventional
calamitous
boxer
perversion of justice
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/jan/31/uk.partyfunding
Justice, Justices
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/business/
as-court-considers-gene-patents-case-may-overlook-relevant-issues.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/opinion/27wed1.html
fantasist
offence / offense
special day
courtesan
guardian
versatile
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/12/
514846063/al-jarreau-a-versatile-vocalist-who-played-his-voice-dies-at-76
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/nov/16/
edward-woodward-dies-aged-79
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/womensbasketball/dayton/2007-03-15-
tenn-parker-cover_N.htm

Bruce Beattie
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Florida
Cagle
10 November 2010
Related
George W. Bush’s memoir
“Decision Points” November 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/books/04book.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/george_w_bush/index.html?inline=nyt-per
George W. Bush
> 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009)
liberal
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/us/
politics/obama-inauguration-draws-hundreds-of-thousands.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/us/
politics/bernard-rapoport-liberal-donor-in-texas-dies-at-94.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/opinion/brooks-the-wonky-liberal.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/l27douthat.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/opinion/21douthat-1.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/us/25ginsburg.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/opinion/l01kennedy.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/weekinreview/30tanenhaus.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/opinion/l27kennedy.html
liberalism
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/
opinion/l01kennedy.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jan/26/tomasky-obama-us-liberalism
politician
cabinet
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/may/01/
david-cameron-more-bullingdon-members-cabinet
cabinet positions
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/12/
theresa-may-set-to-fill-key-cabinet-positions-with-female-allies

The Guardian p. 5 6
May 2005
china
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jun/26/
my-royal-family-memorabilia-i-think-the-queen-is-wonderful
fatal
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/nyregion/
officer-may-have-shot-bystander-during-gun-battle-police-say.html
fatality, fatalities
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/05/two-british-soldiers-killed-helmand
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2006/jan/21/wake-for-an-indian-warrior/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/28/military.afghanistan
ticket
admission
route
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/nebraska-governor-approves-keystone-xl-route/
caution
digital camera
material breach
race
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/mar/31/
boat-race-oxford-cambridge-university
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/us/politics/
in-final-days-of-presidential-election-fighting-county-by-county.html
deputy
accessory
argue
argument
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/feb/06/ukcrime.helenpidd
sanction
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/30/
fahrenheit-451-ebook-ray-bradbury
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-12-21-
civilunions_x.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/11/politics.usa
march
support
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/03/06/
518864904/chance-the-rapper-puts-up-1-million-to-support-chicago-public-schools
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/
facts-figures-majority-of-americans-support-legal-marijuana/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/
opinion/krugman-brewing-up-confusion.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/may/25/georgia-davis-what-support-was-she-getting
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/us/
08hunger.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/
home-news/most-uk-catholics-support-abortion-and-use-of-contraception-2083291.html
support USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/us/
politics/obama-administration-presses-case-on-syria.html
go
public
public school
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/29/
schools.publicschools
syndicated
futile
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/opinion/when-medicine-is-futile.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-02-cancer-overkill_x.htm
avid
gay
private
editor
director
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/oct/08/television
condition
reunion
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/apr/06/iran.military
rude
labour UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/mar/20/nhs.health1
Labour
decent man UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/11/gordonbrow-resignation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/04/davidmiliband.gordonbrown
decent job / rain
decent profits UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/26/apps-apple-store-games
library
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/01/the-secret-life-of-libraries
http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2011/apr/07/
childrens-books-7-and-under-childrens-books-8-12-years
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/us/20ventura.html
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/feb/01/highereducation.students
librarian
engineer USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/12/
528206181/amtrak-engineer-charged-in-deadly-2015-philadelphia-train-crash
extra USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/
opinion/extra-pay-for-extra-work.html
extravagant
virtual
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-11-22-internet-suicide-reaction_N.htm
virtual audience
USA
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-11-22-
internet-suicide-reaction_N.htm
virtually
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/
opinion/the-nfls-absurd-marijuana-policy.html
trivial
actual USA
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/10/
519447787/a-grandson-and-daughter-recall-the-legacy-of-an-actual-superhero
actually
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/09/
magazine/why-the-stanford-rape-conviction-actually-represents-progress.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/opinion/gun-control-that-actually-works.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
upshot/inequality-has-actually-not-risen-since-the-financial-crisis.html
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/17/coming-out-to-the-kids-gay-father
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/26/delilah-jeary-martin-amis-father
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/oct/08/the-godfather
organic UK
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/02/
supermarkets.foodanddrink
journey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJKNcjlUxUQ&list=PLa_1MA_DEorGkBGoM7RIsnGMMKOitJZ0e
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jul/05/five-thousand-metres-sea-hydrothermal-vents
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/13/margaret-thatchers-england
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/one_photographers_journey_insi.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2012/dec/21/transport-christmas
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/us/ending-segregation-of-the-mentally-disabled.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/nyregion/hope-fear-and-insomnia-journey-of-a-jobless-man.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/us/politics/26bai.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/03/cumbria-shootings-derrick-bird
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/06/religion-atheism
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/journeys_to_the_international.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/video/2009/jul/30/marcel-theroux-video-russia-train
journal
constitution
constitutional
number
favourite
chemist
resuscitate
resuscitation
college
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/opinion/l23college.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/weekinreview/16steinberg.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-24-king-papers_x.htm
position
circulation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/08/news-of-the-world-circulation-data
http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2006-10-30-newspaper-circ_x.htm
discretion
literature
lecture
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/10/
google-eric-schmidt-mactaggart-lecture
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/aug/26/
broadcasting.uknews
magazine
canteen
collections
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/jul/16/
politics.localgovernment

Joe Heller
The Green Bay Press-Gazette
Wisconsin
Cagle
8 November 2010
misery
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/25/storms-christmas-misery-southern-england
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/01/internet-trolls-guide-to-different-flavours
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/nyregion/pockets-of-misery-persist-2-weeks-after-hurricane-sandy.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/us/extending-the-miseries-from-hurricane-ike.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tube-strike-travel-misery-for-london-commuters-2072427.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/24/transport.world
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2006-06-29-northeast-flooding_x.htm
miserable
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/
opinion/sunday/dont-let-facebook-make-you-miserable.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/science/03conv.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/27/ruby-wax-interview-comedy
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/23/religion.anglicanism
miser
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jun/23/comment.mainsection
figures
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/13/unemployment-fifth-young-people-jobless
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/mortgage-lending-figures
formal
formally
informal
patron
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/24/
425901057/two-teachers-hailed-as-heroes-in-louisiana-shooting
patronage
file
deport
deportation
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/
mothers-lastditch-plea-to-home-office-against-deportation-1213855.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-23-deportees_N.htm
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/may/05/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation
issue
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-01-03-clarett-bond_x.htm
habit
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/mar/07/
heavy-drinking-smoking-uk-national-statistics
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/
leading-article-the-nation-should-kick-this-expensive-drug-habit-787825.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/sep/29/gambling.immigrationpolicy
habit
USA
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/02/
526560158/a-rapid-shakeup-for-retailers-as-consumer-habits-change
obscene
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/31/
royaldutchshell.oil1
outrage
fantasies
location
UK / USA
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/09/
482285021/for-children-in-public-housing-location-matters-more-than-race
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/12/01/
503985473/uber-now-tracks-passengers-locations-even-after-theyre-dropped-off
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/
opinion/the-scope-of-the-orlando-carnage.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/dec/23/
miranda-peep-show-tv-matters
volatile
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/09/military.afghanistan
pretend
delay
UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/12/
archbishop-delay-women-bishops-canterbury
formal
sensitive
sensible
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/25/tuc-anti-cuts-march-tips
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/25/tuc-anti-cuts-march-tips
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/06/noel-gallagher-oasis
insensible
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/us/
amelia-boynton-robinson-a-pivotal-figure-at-the-selma-march-dies-at-104.html
support
deception
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/15/us/online-gambling-illegal-bet.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/25/opinion/deception-on-gun-background-checks.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/oct/29/haunted-photographs-william-hope-halloween
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2009/feb/17/guardian-daily-podcast-miliband-guantanamo-japan-banks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/03/uk-crime
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/13/ukcrime2
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/09/davidsmith.theobserver
appeasement
mendacity
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/apr/12/comment.politics2
sentence
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2013/mar/25/
dickens-sentence-worst-writer-bulwer-lytton
placard
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2016/mar/10/
auction-rare-african-american-history-items-swann-galleries#img-3
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/battle-of-the-placards/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/mar/27/save-our-placards-in-pictures
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/in_protest.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-05-23-spelling-bee_x.htm
comedian
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/aug/09/comedy-edinburghfestival
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/us/politics/obama-takes-a-turn-as-comedian-in-chief.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/oct/29/jimmy-car-safe-comedians
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/sep/21/comedy.usa
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-04-13-too-many-stars_N.htm
detective
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/nyregion/
police-identity-one-suspect-in-midtown-killing.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/nyregion/05unsolved.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jan/03/
joanna-yeates-police-multiple-killers
demonstrate
qualify
qualified
demolitions
baton
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/
arts/music/female-conductors-lucerne-festival.html
http://www.npr.org/2016/07/05/
484857318/obama-makes-2016-campaign-debut-im-ready-to-pass-the-baton
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/09/
arts.gender
coin
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/31/
lord-kitchener-new-2-coin-royal-mint
coin
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/us/
black-lady-liberty-us-coin.html
note
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/apr/26/
flood-fivers-five-pound-note-drought

details
assume
post
academic
indiscretion / affair / conversation
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jun/17/
my-father-having-an-affair
public conversation
USA
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/
539799193/environmentalists-provoke-pipeline-workers-to-speak-up
programme
plan
department
USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/04/29/
525720941/trump-on-education-department-reverse-this-federal-power-grab
car
secretary
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jul/24/syria.israelandthepalestinians2
education secretary
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/18/michael-gove-exam-grade-inflation
pension
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/13/money.politics
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2005/may/09/socialexclusion.publicservices
pensions
pension minister (pol)
minister
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jul/24/syria.israelandthepalestinians2
minister ( = pastor)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/
opinion/luhrmann-belief-is-the-least-part-of-faith.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/nyregion/
arthur-caliandro-79-progressive-minister-at-marble-collegiate-church.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/nyregion/
rev-david-wilkerson-79-evangelist-dies-in-crash.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/us/12walker.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/opinion/09collins.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/us/13webber.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-23-pastor-slain_x.htm
office
medicine, medicines
USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/02/06/
513254232/when-old-medicine-goes-bad
tablet
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/27/
should-i-stop-taking-ibuprofen-heart-attack-stroke-paracetamol
http://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2013/nov/20/
taking-tablets-personal-guide-anti-depressants-video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/16/
anti-radiation-tablet-sales-soar-us
drugs
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/may/30/
drugs
regards
crane
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/nyregion/
17cnd-crane.html
critical
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/24/
labour-infighting-critical-moment-brexit
dramatic
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/24/
483348606/david-camerons-dramatic-rise-and-fall
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/22/increase-survival-rates-cancer-types
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/
dramatic-advance-in-treatment-of-breast-cancer-1992682.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/16/dan-pearson-gardens-fragrant-plants
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/02/supermarkets.foodanddrink
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/jun/04/science.transportintheuk
dramatically
frustrate
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/
business/cyberattacks-on-6-american-banks-frustrate-customers.html
frustrated
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/25/nyregion/
human-error-blamed-for-metro-north-power-failure.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/us/flood-victims-getting-fed-up-with-congress.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/sep/12/transport.france1
frustration
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/your-money/
after-debit-card-fraud-a-small-bank-feels-customers-frustration.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/nyregion/30block.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/us/24spill.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/11/terrorism.world2
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jul/06/afghanistan.military1
competition
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The Guardian
p. 22 15 June 2006
Hope,
Fear and Insomnia:
Journey of a Jobless Man
September
2, 2011
The New York Times
By JENNIFER GONNERMAN
ON June 25,
2010, Frederick Deare punched out for the last time from his job driving a
forklift at the Old London factory in the Bronx. That summer, everyone at the
plant was being laid off: the oven operators, the assembly-line packers, the
forklift drivers, the sanitation workers. Total jobs lost: 228. Old London, the
snack manufacturer that invented the Cheez Doodle, was moving its operations to
North Carolina. At 53, Mr. Deare, known as Freddy or Teddy Bear to his
co-workers, would have to find a new job.
There was a time, not all that long ago, when the sound of factory whistles
could be heard throughout the five boroughs. In the Bronx, there were
Farberware, the pot manufacturer, which employed 700 people before shutting down
its plant in 1996; Everlast, the boxing glove maker, which closed its operation
in 2003; and Stella D’oro, the cookie-and-breadstick bakery that moved to Ohio
in 2009. A. L. Bazzini Company, the peanut factory that supplies snacks to
Yankee Stadium, will soon be leaving the city, too.
A century ago, about 40 percent of New York City workers held manufacturing
jobs, according to “Working-Class New York,” by Joshua B. Freeman. As Labor Day
rolls around again, that portion has shrunk to less than 4 percent, according to
the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. And when Mr. Deare received his pink
slip, he joined a growing army of the unemployed in a borough that has been hit
hard by the nation’s financial turmoil. The Bronx has an unemployment rate of 12
percent, the highest in the state. For African-American men like Mr. Deare, the
city’s unemployment rate is even more disturbing: nearly 20 percent.
If getting a job is hard enough for a white-collar worker armed with a college
degree, then the challenge was even steeper for Mr. Deare, who has only a
G.E.D., lost 15 years to drug addiction and did a brief stint in prison. He had
reinvented himself at Old London, reporting to work day after day for a decade;
by the end, he was earning $16.61 an hour with health insurance. How does
someone with his background find a job in the new economy? Mr. Deare was about
to find out.
•
In those first weeks after he was laid off, Mr. Deare found that he liked
staying home — hanging out with his fiancée, Annette Amaro; eating her cooking;
zoning out in front of the television. With low rent and his three children all
grown, Mr. Deare was in better financial shape than many of his former
co-workers. And it helped that he had received a severance check of nearly
$5,000.
As the end of summer neared, he threw himself into job-hunting. He put in
applications everywhere he could think of, including Target and FedEx. He
contacted his former union to see if it could help. He asked everyone he knew
with a job to look out for him. The effort turned out to be an exercise in
rejection. Nobody offered to hire him; they didn’t even bother calling back.
To keep up his spirits, he called each morning into a 6 o’clock prayer line run
by his daughter, a minister in Massachusetts. Callers shared their worries, then
prayed together; some mornings, Mr. Deare revealed his job woes.
“The hardest part for him is not working, not being in the game,” Ms. Amaro
said. “He’s not a sit-around kind of guy.”
That fall, her mother came through with the best lead: somebody had told her
there might be an opening at one of the meat markets at Hunts Point in the
Bronx. Unsure which market needed help, Mr. Deare visited five or six. Most
wouldn’t even let him fill out an application — “Sorry, we’re not hiring” — but
he managed to leave his résumé at one place. When he returned the following
week, he talked his way into a job.
He started in October, working the midnight-to-8 a.m. shift. The job required
spending all night in frigid temperatures, moving in and out of freezers and
refrigerators, lifting 70-pound boxes. “I’m 53 years old, and this is some
strenuous work,” he said. “Everybody else is 23.”
When he got home in the morning, he would slide into a warm bath. The position
paid $15 an hour, but if he could hold on to it for a few months, he would move
up to $18 an hour, with benefits and a spot in the union.
•
Reese Grosett and Iraida Rivera had been two of Mr. Deare’s closest friends at
Old London. As of November, neither had a job, and one morning the two met up at
a McDonald’s near the Bronx Zoo. Ms. Rivera confessed that while she had enjoyed
her first five days out of work, Day 6 was different.
“I woke up in the morning, and when I looked at what time it was and I had
nothing to do, I literally cried,” she recalled. “I said, ‘What am I going to do
now?’ ”
Of all the people Mr. Grosett and Ms. Rivera knew from Old London, Mr. Deare was
one of the very few who had found work. He had become a source of hope to
everyone else, his good fortune reminding them that even in these bleak times,
it was still possible to find a decent job. But now, a month after he started
work at Hunts Point, Mr. Deare’s fortunes had changed.
“Did he tell you?” Mr. Grosett asked, between sips of orange juice. “They laid
him off.”
•
Mr. Deare had recounted to friends what the boss told him: “Business is very
slow right now. If it picks up, I have your number.” This conversation took
place at 5 a.m., and the boss asked if Mr. Deare could stay and finish his
shift. He was tempted to storm off, but considering the state of the economy, it
seemed a bad idea to anger any potential employer, even one who had just let him
go. So he completed the shift.
In many ways, this second layoff stung even more than the first. “I thought I
was on that track again to be a worker, and then — boom! — this happens,” he
said. “It was a low blow.” He was back where he had started: phoning friends for
job leads, filling out applications, waiting for calls. But by now his severance
was gone. He would have to survive on his unemployment benefits: $353 a week.
Some nights, he couldn’t sleep. Other times, he woke at 4 a.m., reached for his
cellphone and played video games for an hour or two, until he grew so tired that
the phone fell from his hand and he was dozing once again. It was hard to say
exactly what caused the insomnia — anxiety about unpaid bills, fear of never
finding another job, an internal time clock accustomed to working the night
shift — but it was a problem he shared with many of his former co-workers.
Once, he woke at 3 a.m. and groped in the dark for his phone. “Should be
sleeping,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “I guess there’s a lot on the mind.”
Dhyalma Diaz, a friend from Old London, responded, “Don’t worry teddy we all
have a lot in our minds.”
•
That winter, Mr. Deare jumped on every lead that came his way. A friend told him
about a laundry company looking for a truck driver. The job paid $10 an hour
with no benefits, but Mr. Deare reasoned that he was in no position to be picky.
So he pulled on his parka, headed over to the employment agency and spent an
hour in the waiting room, only to learn that the company wanted someone with
experience driving a truck, not a forklift.
Mr. Deare tried for months to get hired at a school for troubled children where
his cousin works, in Westchester County. Finally, he managed to land an
interview for a teacher’s aide position. It sounded as if the job was his, as
long as he didn’t fail a drug test. He urinated into a cup, passed the test,
then waited for the call. One week went by. Then two weeks. Then three weeks. He
left messages, but nobody phoned back.
He was not one to complain, but the strain of not having a job was starting to
show. His moods swung from frustration to depression to rage. To lift his
spirits, his fiancée would tell him: “You know the kind of worker you are — and
you know you’re out there putting in the applications; you’re doing the
footwork. It’s not you. This is what the country is going through.” She made
this point often, but it was hard not to take each rejection personally.
As week after week went by with no good news, his efforts became more
scattershot. In March, he applied for a job at a shoe store. He also filled out
forms for positions in health care and child care. At this point, he figured, he
would take just about anything. It was the attitude of a desperate man: there
was a certain logic to it, but, of course, finding a job in a field where you
have no experience or personal contacts can be next to impossible.
•
Mr. Deare had kept in touch with about 25 co-workers from Old London, and by
spring none had found new jobs. Still, he was determined to beat the odds.
“Somebody is hiring somewhere, and I’m going to find that person,” he told
himself.
He had stayed in touch with his former union, Local 1102 of the Retail,
Wholesale and Department Store Union. During one conversation with a contact
there in late March, he heard about a job opening: forklift driver at a coffee
warehouse in Yonkers.
He got an interview, and the supervisor he met with sounded optimistic about his
chances of being hired. But there was no formal offer. Day after day went by.
For three weeks the wait stretched on. This time, however, he got the job. And
it was a union job, with benefits. He started on April 11 — 290 days after Old
London laid him off.
“You’re speaking to a happy man,” he said after his first day. “I am in my
glory. I mean, today was wonderful.”
There was only one downside: The work paid $10 an hour, 40 percent less than he
had made at Old London. After taxes, his paycheck was even less than the
unemployment benefits he had been collecting. But he tried not to dwell on this.
“I don’t let it bother me that I’m getting less, because of the simple fact I
have something, and a lot of people have nothing,” he said. “You have to crawl
before you can walk.” Four and a half months later, he is still on the job.
Hope, Fear and Insomnia: Journey of a Jobless Man,
NYT,
2.9.2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/nyregion/
hope-fear-and-insomnia-journey-of-a-jobless-man.html
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