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Roughly a third of Volkswagen’s 300,000 domestic workers are covered by collective bargaining agreements that have secured robust benefits such as 30-day annual leave, six-week sick leave, maternity and paternity benefits, and retirement pay.
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Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
In Friday’s season finale of the time-hopping historical drama, a teenage Noa, now a student at the prestigious Waseda University, discovers his true paternity.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
In Season 4, Isaac’s paternity secret was made public, creating a fracture in his friendship with Noreen and others who were shocked by the news.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025
Similar patterns of paternity have been documented in other humpback populations in the Pacific as well as in other baleen whale species, including North Atlantic right whales.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
In Friday’s season finale of the time-hopping historical drama, a teenage Noa, now a student at the prestigious Waseda University, discovers his true paternity.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
In Season 4, Isaac’s paternity secret was made public, creating a fracture in his friendship with Noreen and others who were shocked by the news.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025
Similar patterns of paternity have been documented in other humpback populations in the Pacific as well as in other baleen whale species, including North Atlantic right whales.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Paternity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paternity. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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