Bike trails run around the circumference of the island, and cycles are available for hire by the day or hour.

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Short-term schemes attract a different set from the besuited folk who hire cars by the day.

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Outside the shop, Ismail Abu Ali(ph) sits on the curb waiting for someone to drive by and hire him for the day as a laborer.

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Not only do tin-earred hiring partners, managers and executives miss the opportunity to hire great women every day of the week, but they do themselves and their companies a great disservice by not learning what the modern work force looks like, values and needs.

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