Ghislaine Maxwell's possible co-operation with authorities could lead to charges against other figures in the Epstein operation, who may have helped administer what authorities alleged was a 'pyramid scheme' to recruit underage girls for abuse.
YouTuber shows just how easy it is to prey on underage girls online.
BREAKING: Prince Andrew named in underage 'sex slave' court caseind.pn/1vATg87
A fired-up defender
in football,
or in a family,
is a key component
of success.
Fight, team, fight!
The most effective set of eyes on Cambodia's garment exporters belongs to the International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia program. BFC inspectors monitor factories such as Wing Star to ensure that they pay wages promptly and accurately, that they do not employ underage workers and that they have fire safety codes.
Hon Hai Hired Underage Workers
Apple Audits Labor Practices
U.K. Will End Cigarette Displays
The U.K. plans to ban cigarette displays in stores in a bid to curb underage smoking but stopped short of ending vending-machine sales.
In recent months, Iowa labor officials have been criticized by unions and immigrant groups who said that enforcement was lax at Agriprocessors and that labor inspectors had responded to violations with light fines.
Some under-age workers could benefit if the attorney general presses charges against Agriprocessors. Sonia Parras Konrad, an Iowa immigration lawyer, has been working with investigators to get more than two dozen of the workers special four-year visas, known as U-visas, which are given to victims who cooperate with criminal investigations.
A federal labor investigation is also under way.
The number of minors makes the Iowa investigation “a huge case” by national standards as well, said Reid Maki, coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition, a group of teachers and consumer organizations that seek to stop employment of under-age workers. “It is especially troubling since this industry is as dangerous as it gets,” Mr. Maki said.
Our infrastructure is crumbling, our once cutting-edge scientific research is underfinanced and underperforming, our work force is undereducated, our military is spread as thin as never before, and our national debt is skyrocketing.
stop short of sth
If you stop short of doing or saying something, you decide not to do or say it although you almost do:
I stopped short of telling him the brutal truth, but only just.
under (LESS THAN)
less than:
All items cost/are under a pound.
The discount applies only to children under (the age of) ten (= younger than ten).
If you get under 50%, you've failed the exam.
NOTE: The opposite is over.
under-
prefix
used before a word to mean 'not enough' or 'not done as well or as much as is necessary':
These potatoes are undercooked.
We're all overworked and underpaid.
His boss says he's under-performing (= not doing as well as he should) at work.
Compare over- at over (MORE THAN). underage Show phonetics
adjective
younger than the lowest age at which a particular activity is legally or usually allowed:
There are laws against underage sex and underage drinking.
ùnderáge[ùnder・áge]
[形]（飲酒・選挙権などについて）必要な年齢に達しない；未成年の.
[mass noun]
BREAKING: Prince Andrew named in underage 'sex slave' court caseind.pn/1vATg87
A fired-up defender
in football,
or in a family,
is a key component
of success.
Fight, team, fight!
The most effective set of eyes on Cambodia's garment exporters belongs to the International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia program. BFC inspectors monitor factories such as Wing Star to ensure that they pay wages promptly and accurately, that they do not employ underage workers and that they have fire safety codes.
Hon Hai Hired Underage Workers
Hon
Hai acknowledged that it hired underage workers at one of its China
plants, in the latest hit to the labor practices of the major contractor
for Apple and other electronics giants.
Apple Audits Labor Practices
Apple said audits of its suppliers uncovered 17 core violations of its policies, including three cases in which its contractors hired underage workers last year.
U.K. Will End Cigarette Displays
The U.K. plans to ban cigarette displays in stores in a bid to curb underage smoking but stopped short of ending vending-machine sales.
In recent months, Iowa labor officials have been criticized by unions and immigrant groups who said that enforcement was lax at Agriprocessors and that labor inspectors had responded to violations with light fines.
Some under-age workers could benefit if the attorney general presses charges against Agriprocessors. Sonia Parras Konrad, an Iowa immigration lawyer, has been working with investigators to get more than two dozen of the workers special four-year visas, known as U-visas, which are given to victims who cooperate with criminal investigations.
A federal labor investigation is also under way.
The number of minors makes the Iowa investigation “a huge case” by national standards as well, said Reid Maki, coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition, a group of teachers and consumer organizations that seek to stop employment of under-age workers. “It is especially troubling since this industry is as dangerous as it gets,” Mr. Maki said.
Our infrastructure is crumbling, our once cutting-edge scientific research is underfinanced and underperforming, our work force is undereducated, our military is spread as thin as never before, and our national debt is skyrocketing.
Like most Japanese women, doll impersonators stop short of cosmetic surgery.
stop short
1. Also, stop one short. Check abruptly, as in When we tried to cross the street, the barrier stopped us short. [Early 1300s]
2. Cause someone to stop speaking, as in I was about to tell them the date when my father stopped me short. [Late 1800s]
3. stop short of. Not go so far as to do or say something. For example, He may embroider the truth but he stops short of actually lying. This usage was first recorded in 1818.
stop short
1. Also, stop one short. Check abruptly, as in When we tried to cross the street, the barrier stopped us short. [Early 1300s]
2. Cause someone to stop speaking, as in I was about to tell them the date when my father stopped me short. [Late 1800s]
3. stop short of. Not go so far as to do or say something. For example, He may embroider the truth but he stops short of actually lying. This usage was first recorded in 1818.
stop short of
Not go as far as (some extreme action):the measures stopped short of establishing direct trade links
If you stop short of doing or saying something, you decide not to do or say it although you almost do:
I stopped short of telling him the brutal truth, but only just.
under (LESS THAN)
less than:
All items cost/are under a pound.
The discount applies only to children under (the age of) ten (= younger than ten).
If you get under 50%, you've failed the exam.
NOTE: The opposite is over.
under-
prefix
used before a word to mean 'not enough' or 'not done as well or as much as is necessary':
These potatoes are undercooked.
We're all overworked and underpaid.
His boss says he's under-performing (= not doing as well as he should) at work.
Compare over- at over (MORE THAN). underage Show phonetics
adjective
younger than the lowest age at which a particular activity is legally or usually allowed:
There are laws against underage sex and underage drinking.
ùnderáge[ùnder・áge]
[形]（飲酒・選挙権などについて）必要な年齢に達しない；未成年の.
Definition of code
nounverb
[with object]
Phrases
Derivatives
Definition of fire
nounverb
[with object]
5bake or dry (pottery, bricks, etc.) in a kiln: methane gas is being used to fire bricks at a nearby factory
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