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  • Pastor Bruce Hudson transformed from spiritual adviser to factory-floor manager, telling one woman where to route truck loads of supplies coming from a Montgomery church, and asking an older man if he could help him get his hands on a case of Bibles to distribute.

    South Struggles to Assess Toll Douglas Belkin 2011

  • The physical representation of this is when a worker (Clifton Collins, Jr.) loses a testicle in a factory-floor accident.

    Mike Judge tries to “Extract” more workplace comedy » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • The new factory will have 360 workers, about the same total number as the Nogales facility, though that will include white-collar jobs and fewer factory-floor positions.

    Otis Shifts Work Closer to Home Timothy Aeppel 2011

  • In Derby, England, Bob Betts , managing director of a clockmaker, was sitting in his office when two factory-floor workers knocked on his door at about 2 p.m.

    Five Days to Remember—Or Not 2011

  • Foxconn remains an employer of choice in Shenzhen, both in its engineering jobs and in its factory-floor work.

    In Defense of Apple's China Plants Rich Karlgaard 2012

  • Criss-crossing the country he switched from the Democratic to the Republican party, and made factory-floor speeches to GE employees that testified not only to his extraordinary skills as a communicator, but to his profound belief in the non-communist, capitalist system.

    Nigel Hamilton: Bush At War Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • Criss-crossing the country he switched from the Democratic to the Republican party, and made factory-floor speeches to GE employees that testified not only to his extraordinary skills as a communicator, but to his profound belief in the non-communist, capitalist system.

    Nigel Hamilton: Bush At War Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • Criss-crossing the country he switched from the Democratic to the Republican party, and made factory-floor speeches to GE employees that testified not only to his extraordinary skills as a communicator, but to his profound belief in the non-communist, capitalist system.

    Nigel Hamilton: Bush At War Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • What about the guy who drives a delivery truck, the lady who sells you stamps at the post office, the mechanic, the farmer, the factory-floor worker, the insurance salesman, the homeless guy at the local public library?

    Nicholas Carr's "The Shallows" and William Powers's "Hamlet's Blackberry" 2010

  • What about the guy who drives a delivery truck, the lady who sells you stamps at the post office, the mechanic, the farmer, the factory-floor worker, the insurance salesman, the homeless guy at the local public library?

    Nicholas Carr's "The Shallows" and William Powers's "Hamlet's Blackberry" 2010

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