Every Chinese character is pronounced as one syllable. A two character word will be two syllables. Most of the characters in Chinese have just one pronunciation, but there are a few that make life difficult. In this post, Iâm going to cover all the common characters that can be pronounced different ways.
For a small, new company, the prevailing wage requirements and administrative costs of the Davis-Bacon Act had a particularly devastating effect on the ability to successfully compete for federal contracts. The Act required that Dash pay his workers almost $19 an hour, regardless of their experience or skill levels.
Bacon prices have shot up around 10 percent this year alone and reached an all-time high of $6.11 per pound, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Santiago said a half-pound slab of bacon now costs about $3.99, as opposed to last month when they were about a dollar cheaper.