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  • You should only give a select set of lectures in large service-type classes such as for medical students or graduate students and participate in seminars.

    Another world EliRabett 2010

  • There have been times when I've been treated badly by customer service-type people in person.

    Ooh! An existentialist discussion arises! Steven Barnes 2008

  • Thirty-one percent of illegal immigrants occupy service-type jobs versus 16 percent of native workers.

    CNN Transcript May 1, 2008 2008

  • People in these programs get the chance to work in a community service-type job, earn a paycheck every week, and learn the skills they need for gainful employment.

    Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Changing the Odds for Urban America 2007

  • People get the chance to work in a community service-type job, earn a paycheck every week, and learn the skills they need for gainful employment.

    Strengthening Families in a New Economy 2007

  • Just a handful of secret service-type guys with sunglasses and earpieces, and the usual rumpled crew of Svishtov city police officers.

    Archive 2007-10-14 Maxwell Woods 2007

  • Just a handful of secret service-type guys with sunglasses and earpieces, and the usual rumpled crew of Svishtov city police officers.

    7-1-07 Another day, another presidential meeting Maxwell Woods 2007

  • Routine service-type programming is the norm in India, while in Ireland, the industry is dominated by subsidiaries of foreign firms who add minor value to the parent company software, and who are located in Ireland partly for tax reasons.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Peter Zura 2006

  • So, what I would like to see -- I doubt it will happen -- but what I would like to see is more states move to a nonpartisan civil service-type commission.

    CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2006 2006

  • The economy has changed to the point where most of the stuff is oriented in service-type things or technology now and not everybody with a college degree is going to fit into that particular environment out there.

    CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2005 2005

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