Mr Prakash, a softly spoken and casually dressed 31-year-old, laughs off any comparisons with James Bond, but his job involves spying on people, sometimes for hours on end.

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He was laid off from his 17-year job and, with unemployment hardly a survivable wage, took the first job that came his way.

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And a succession of ordinary citizens aired their troubles at the podium: a car worker about to lose his job, a flood victim from Iowa, a laid-off textile worker with huge medical bills, and so on.

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His job was to stop Obama from driving Israel's relations with the US off a cliff.

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The 3-2 defeat to Manchester United, which saw Fernando Torres controversially sent off by Clattenburg, was the start of a poor run which ultimately cost Di Matteo his job with the European champions.

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Hats off to Art Bouvier and his Cajun restaurant for giving the man a lift and for offering a job with pay that is double the norm and can help him support his family.

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Most job coaches discourage taking time off and traveling after graduation in this tight job market, but Rojas already had a strong work history, with his years at Best Buy.

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In his view, merchants are not doing a particularly good job of measuring whether they are better off working with Groupon.

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