The maintenance of a complex society depends increasingly on routine work, work with no zest or creativity.
Instead, he added, caretaker officials are focused on routine matters, such as ensuring security for the upcoming election.
Israel's military said Sunday its soldiers were on routine patrol in the Golan Heights when they were fired upon and responded.
Remember the emphasis on process, on routine, water, handwashing, and hygiene?
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"As always at this time of year we will need to prioritise our services for the sickest which may have an impact on routine operations, " he said.
In many roles, a knowledge worker can spend half their day on routine communications such as filtering incoming information and correspondence, contacting others, scheduling meetings and so on.
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Later, two officers on routine patrol in neighboring Riverside were ambushed at a stoplight by a motorist who drove up next to them and opened fire with a rifle.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the pedestrian was struck by the marked Ford Transit in New Road, Bideford, while it was on routine patrol at about 19:15 GMT on Wednesday.
They died after officers on routine patrol became suspicious of the Audi, which appeared to make off at speed when it was driven past police just before 02:00 GMT, officers said.
Under the old standard, tax pros could safely recommend positions (on routine issues, not tax shelters) that had a "realistic possibility" of success--meaning, what the heck, if there's some reasonable basis, go for it.
One was the growth of in-house legal teams, pioneered by GE, who not only provide advice on routine matters but actively monitor and prune the thicket of outside lawyers that feed on every large company.
Sgt Clements was on a routine foot patrol in May when he stepped on what he describes as "the wrong spot".
The UH-1N Huey was on a routine training mission in the Naval gunnery range.
The blast occurred when the soldiers were travelling on a routine patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district.
With the crowd chanting his name, Harvey ended the inning by retiring Span on a routine grounder.
Unfortunately, brain scans are too expensive, time-intensive, and fraught with technical challenges to use on a routine basis.
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One of two UK soldiers killed when explosion hit an armoured Snatch Land Rover patrol on a routine task.
On a routine visit to a new obstetrics-gynecologist, a woman recalls being recommended hormone replacement therapy to prevent osteoporosis.
These are young village women who've undergone two years of training to take on the routine tasks associated with eye surgery.
The helicopter, based at RAF Aldergrove in County Antrim, had been on a routine flight between security force bases in south Armagh.
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Gonzales, 21, of Huntsville, Texas -- were taken into custody last week while on a routine border patrol near the Yugoslavia-Macedonia border.
Later this afternoon, Assembly members will vote on a routine financial resolution which will enable the Assembly's Language Bill to continue its progress.
According to Nest, the thermostat takes about a week to start picking up on your routine, at which point it adjusts the temperature accordingly.
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That site features calculators that can show you how much you can save on your routine healthcare, dependent care and commuting expenses with FSAs.
"Weightlifting on a routine basis -- meaning twice a week vigorously for 30-40 minutes -- for both men and women is really the key, " Peeke said.
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"We were on a routine patrol when we came under enemy fire, " recalls Neathway, who is one of five injured military personnel taking part in the 2013 race.
It will, to an extent, take over that role from the Conservative Research Department, which has come to concentrate much more on the routine exchanges of political hostilities.
Abbas al-Rubaie, an official with the cleric's office in Baghdad's Sadr City, said gunmen in a parked car opened fire Sunday on four militia members on a routine patrol.
But on the other hand, you still have a lot of it occurring on a routine basis, particularly in significant urban communities where there are large black populations, Hispanic populations.
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