It wasn't until 1983's "She Works Hard for the Money, " which became a ubiquitous video as well as a big radio hit, that Summer's fame approached its late '70s zenith.

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She dabbled in Las Vegas schmaltz, made an ambitious album with Quincy Jones and came bouncing back with the assertive "She Works Hard for the Money" at the dawn of the MTV era.

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Like everyone else she works hard.

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And she told me about how hard she works and about all the community service she does with her brother.

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She absolutely loves performing and works really hard.

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Mia works hard for the money she earns.

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At the bank where she works, a former supervisor says she is a hard working, highly capable employee.

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Sabrina Mangrum works hard as a student teacher in Maryland, and even harder at home, where she and her husband are raising six children, aged two-25.

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Younts works two jobs as she pays her way through college, and says the increase in prices is hitting her particularly hard.

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