The Local Government Association said councils were always working hard to offer the best value for money.

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"Training and working hard has always been one of my positives and something I've strived on, " he said.

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I've always been a very hard-working person, but I have been amazed at the degree to which on Saturdays and Sundays I find myself involved in professional activities.

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She was very hard-working and always had a huge smile on her face.

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You're the nurse on the second shift, the worker on the line, the waitress on her feet, the small business owner, the farmer, the teacher, the miner, the trucker, the soldier, the veteran, the student, the hard-working men and women who don't always make the headlines, but have always written America's story.

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The men in my family were, and still are, hard-working citizens and the women in my family have always been brilliant, nurturing and supportive of their families and their communities.

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So far as Europe is concerned and the future shape of Europe, there's a lot of work to be done before the IGC in 2004 and we'll be working very hard to try and establish the benefits of the flexible Europe of nations, which has always been the Conservative view of Europe, and which I think over these last five weeks has proved its value.

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