It's the only way to give millions of capable women the ability to recalibrate the time that they devote to work at different stages of their lives.

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It's a lesson in how not to devote your life to your work.

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By allowing engineers to devote 20 percent of their paid work time to the pursuit of personal projects, Google continues to germinate additional seeds that keep its harvest growing.

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So they devote more time to their constituency work.

ECONOMIST: Incumbency

Distilling the various definitions offered by the parties and researched by this Court, we have concluded that there are several basic qualities a convent must contain in order to be eligible for a tax exemption: A convent consists of a community of people who live together, follow strict religious vows, and devote themselves full-time to religious work.

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He gets more out of his team by enabling them to work less than he did when they were expected to devote every living minute to the job.

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You can put all of your eggs into the proverbial basket and focus solely on your start-up or you can continue to work a side job and devote all of your spare time with what you love.

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"Even if you did identify the 50 or 100 people who did year-2000 work, you need to devote a significant chunk of money until it becomes exorbitantly expensive, " says Jeanne Koch, a systems manager in the systems and engineering department at The Washington Post, in Washington.

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These have allowed companies to operate with less stock and less work in progress: reducing the amount of cash they must devote to such things.

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We should celebrate the work of those who devote their entire lives to the cultivation of our children, and we should continue working to draw the best and brightest to the field of education.

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Many employers view volunteer work as relevant experience, so don't be afraid to devote some free time supporting a favorite cause.

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We might work hard but lack the vision, the confidence to take risks or the willingness to devote ourselves to career at the expense of all else.

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