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Even though most of us don't fish for our suppers we are in big trouble if we don't understand what livelihood really means. 100 years ago, the German sociologist Max Weber warned of an iron cage; a vast bureaucratic apparatus that would run on its own steam, pursuing efficiency for efficiency's sake, accumulating profit for its own sake, until the last lump of coal has been burned.
Rebecca R. Scott: Almost Heaven or Almost Hell? Fossil Fuels, Paychecks and Nature Rebecca R. Scott 2010
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Heck -- maybe I should ride the bus more often, for efficiency's sake.
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Heck -- maybe I should ride the bus more often, for efficiency's sake.
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Even though most of us don't fish for our suppers we are in big trouble if we don't understand what livelihood really means. 100 years ago, the German sociologist Max Weber warned of an iron cage; a vast bureaucratic apparatus that would run on its own steam, pursuing efficiency for efficiency's sake, accumulating profit for its own sake, until the last lump of coal has been burned.
Rebecca R. Scott: Almost Heaven or Almost Hell? Fossil Fuels, Paychecks and Nature Rebecca R. Scott 2010
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We can enable clergy to affirm the legal part if they want, for efficiency's sake.
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Even though most of us don't fish for our suppers we are in big trouble if we don't understand what livelihood really means. 100 years ago, the German sociologist Max Weber warned of an iron cage; a vast bureaucratic apparatus that would run on its own steam, pursuing efficiency for efficiency's sake, accumulating profit for its own sake, until the last lump of coal has been burned.
Rebecca R. Scott: Almost Heaven or Almost Hell? Fossil Fuels, Paychecks and Nature Rebecca R. Scott 2010
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It's tempting for efficiency's sake to check emails or catch up on news during meals.
Dr. Maoshing Ni: How to Achieve Longevity in Your Busy Life Right Now 2010
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The idea is to roll numerous suits of similar nature filed in U.S. district courts into one case before one judge, for efficiency's sake.
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For efficiency's sake, it's probably best to have the majority of the conversation over in the comments section to Hal's column, and I hope the conversation will be as lively and thoughtful as the column itself is.
Archive 2010-07-01 2010
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Joe worked his morning magic in the efficiency's kitchen, flipping bacon with his bare hands, buttering the toast with a plastic knife, plopping it on a paper plate, and setting the meal on the kitchenette.
Joe for Town Council 2010
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