Whorf never got an advanced degree, but he took graduate classes in his free time with the anthropologist and linguist Edward Sapir, in the nineteen-thirties, and he devoted his leisure hours to the study of Native American languages.

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The study of over 500 people in Newcastle in 1999 gave people motivational chats and, for some, leisure vouchers during a three-month study.

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This study covered not only leisure time watching TV, but also time spent sitting at work.

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Richard Lewis, Edinburgh City Council's culture and leisure convener, said a report on the results of the study would be considered by councillors once the development phase ended, following which a decision on the facility's future would be taken.

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At the end of the study, 55% of those who had six interviews plus 30 vouchers entitling them to free leisure facilities had increased their levels of physical activity compared to 35% of those who only received the chats.

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