Work
WORK. Once, at the dawn of creation, in the Golden Age, when earth and sky were conjoined (or when there was only sky), when only children, or the first human pair, inhabited the world, there was...
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Work
Who is doing more work, a weight lifter holding up, but not moving, a 200 lb (91 kg) barbell, or an office worker lifting a pen? The weight lifter is certainly exerting more effort, and many peop...
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Work
In the familiar sense, work refers to activities which require exertion. Within the scientific discipline of physics, however, the concept has a more precise definition. Here, work is the transfe...
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Work
Work done by human beings is purposive action guided by intelligence; work that is repetitive or arduous is often called labor. Both purpose and intelligence may originate in persons other than...
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“The key to making work pay is encouraging employers to pay higher wages to people at the bottom.”—Robert B. Reich, American Prospect, June 19, 2000
“Living wage laws offer us...
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