June 27, 2001

Crackdown on dirty jokes, swearing and other offensive speech in the workplace is gaining ground; Carl Jaskolski, who teaches employment law, see swearing as form of workplace harassment and has drafted language policy that he distributes free to human resource practitioners across country; some experts believe crackdown is doomed to fail; Susanna Seaman comments on losing her job at Verizon for using profanity when she was under stress; photos (M)

Legal immigrants have become biggest source of growth in labor force; latest immigrants are less educated relative to natives than earlier immigrants and therefore compete for lowest-paying jobs; graphs; chart (S)

Ira Berkow, in Sports of The Times, comments on Chicago Cubs, noting that they have become one of hottest teams in baseball, and have reversed roles with New York Mets, who are playing bumbling baseball; photo of Cubs' manager Don Baylor (M)

Jonathan Lanzkowsky writes My Job column on being an obstetrician-gynecologist in practice that specializes in treating patients who have had multiple miscarriages; photo (S)

Poor weather early in season and worst attack of mildew in century have not prevented 2000 from becoming fine year for Bordeaux wines; many wine experts say new Bordeaux may surpass greatly admired vintages of 1995 and 1985; collectors caught in frenzy are payingas much as $1,200 for single bottle; photos (M)