This will not involve taking a day off work, as they will attend in their spare time.
In 1948, the British 10, 000-meter runner Stan Cox had to take a day off work for his race.
Thousands of Rwandans have taken the day off work to pick up plastic bags as part of a government attempt to clean up the environment.
In 2004, thousands of people were encouraged to take the day off work to help pick up some of the plastic bags which littered the country.
Many children were delighted to have two days off to play but many working parents had to take a day off work to look after children.
One city resident said that the only good thing about her return was an extra day off work since businesses around the city were closed amid security concerns.
But faced with the alternative of missing our flight back to Washington, taking another day off work, and finishing the deposition on Tuesday, we insisted on going to the opposing lawyer's office instead.
One backer took the day off of work to spend her hours making calls to friends and urging them to donate.
Ms. Choudharie, 44, had taken half a day off from work so she could attend the rally with her 17-year-old daughter and some students.
Maybe it's the day off from work, or maybe it's the fact that everyone knows someone who is running, but the people of Boston not necessarily the sports fans, but the people who live here take pride in the marathon.
He decided that he would take the next day off and resume work the following day.
The FAA has ordered all of its 47, 000 employees (27, 000 of which are air controllers) to take one day off per ten work days without pay.
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During the 1960s, engineers knocked off a day's work at Fairchild and drank brown liquor until they fell off bar stools.
Every day when I get off work, and I see the light from my own house, I will see hope.
The FAA has frozen hiring and, beginning on April 21, all 47, 000 agency employees must take off one day per 10 work days without pay.
You can even see the town after a full day's work or take a weekend day or two off.
Sure enough, Mark got in the car and started off to work that day.
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But Cook (17 not out) continued to look in superb touch, cutting Harris for six as England rounded off a fine day's work.
Rep. Pete Lee, a Democrat from Colorado Springs who introduced the bill in January, says businesses that choose to become benefit corporations should be allowed to "promote the public good" through one-off projects, such as a fundraising drive for a local school or a day off for employees to do charitable work, that don't hurt profits.
In the clip, the Coles -- who said they were discovered by producers via Norris Cole's Web site -- are shown eating a voracious amount of pancakes, which mother Tameka says the family can work off later that day during a walk around a local water park.
However, I also go to the gym every day, take time to play tennis, meditate and go to my recovery support meeting, meet with friends, and have certain times of the day that are off-limits for doing work (unless very extenuating circumstances), namely the evening from when I pick up my daughter at school until when she goes to sleep.
Every day you wake-up, head off to work and run into people with whom you have a relationship.
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Mr Lanning said drivers had to work 13 days without a day off to qualify for a four-day weekend.
After a hard day's work, many Sydney locals blow off steam at pub trivia, a popular group activity where the prizes can be substantial.
In January, Apple released a report saying that last year only 38% of its suppliers met its standard for a maximum 60-hour work week and at least one day off every seven.
"The practice goes back to day one, of not laying off employees for lack of work, " he says.
If I have a tough day at work, I get the airplane out, take-off, and forget about everything else.
The day before the celebrations in Bindura, residents were given an hour off work to clean the town's streets.
For each birth, Miss Broomhall only takes two weeks off work and has never let the process affect her day-to-day life.
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With the hubbub over, he no longer recommends Vital Living, now trading at 19 cents, and shrugs off his part in the affair as all in a day's work.
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