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He and others would like to see green GDP followed by a host of other adjustments that would take account of economic activity-from changing a diaper to taking time off from work-that isn't "valued" in the market.
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In 58 years of living, I've had many and diverse experiences, but it is particularly a few powerful experiences of a spiritual nature experiences that have inspired and guided my life's work-that have challenged me to make sense of them.
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As for MSNBC's inspiration to Mr. O'Donnell, he said there would be no roman à clef at work-that means the chubby blond news host won't really be Chris Matthews-and he also said his employer will be especially pleased with one aspect of this half-fictional universe: MSNBC won't be in last place.
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New York's certainly thought of as a dark setting for fiction; it's also a setting for some of the lightest, most effervescent work-that of Damon Runyon, for example, andGuys and Dolls.
The Burglar On The Prowl Block, Lawrence 2004
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As for MSNBC's inspiration to Mr. O'Donnell, he said there would be no roman à clef at work-that means the chubby blond news host won't really be Chris Matthews-and he also said his employer will be especially pleased with one aspect of this half-fictional universe: MSNBC won't be in last place.
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Oba looked around, but didn't see what needed doing-other than the regular work-that would have set her off so.
The Pillars of Creation Goodkind, Terry 2001
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At first Rune could only think of all the reasons why it wouldn't work-that people were used to the old song and would hate the new version, that the Bardic Guild would hate it because their members had written a great many of the variants, and that it wasn't properly romantic.
The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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The big fears today are the fear of want and the fear of work-that is, human primary production, punching the clock, and all that sort of thing.
World Unrest 1926
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That also occurred to him, which was the consequence of a necessary work-that some soldiers who had gone off into the woods for the purpose of procuring timber and therewith constructing fortifications, were intercepted by the sudden arrival of [the enemy's] horse.
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You can do things with augmented reality-and they work-that you couldn't do a few years ago.
unknown title 2011
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