As Tom Joad in Steinbeck's novel discovered, many farmworkers, even as they spend their waking hours picking food for others, can barely afford to eat.

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In fact, many employees decide that it is not even worth the effort of waking up early, getting ready to work and heading into the office when a major sporting event is underway.

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The 1100-watt Naim sound system succeeded in waking me up, even without my morning latte.

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If you care about your job, work consumes more than 50 percent of your waking hours, and even more of your mental energy.

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Even in the film I did before this, 'Waking the Dead, ' there was this one whole segment of this chase scene, and I was like, 'If I have to run any more in a movie, I'm going to kill somebody.

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In fact, most voices in the market expected that even if Mitt Romney were to win, investors would not be waking to a rally.

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