Though fear of cuts and overflowing workloads makes employees feel like they can't take time off, all that added stress means it's more important than ever for them to get away and refuel, say career specialists and psychologists.
This isn't the time to wander off in a fit, cursing the weather gods.
Where is the businessman who hasn't from time to time put off making these tough choices when things were going relatively well?
Speaking of Twitter, McDonald's didn't waste any time getting mileage off of the story after Ramsey repeatedly said he was eating food from the chain when he heard Berry's screams.
Granted, most of us don't spend a lot of time burning off calories by trying to bag a mastadon, as our distant forefathers did.
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The 25-year-old Serb didn't rip his shirt off this time, as he did to celebrate his epic 5-hour, 53-minute win over Rafael Nadal in last year's final.
"You can't tell a woman to take time off because she's pregnant if she's capable of working and wants to, " says Mr. Tuckner, even if the owner's intentions are to benefit her well-being.
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But the pilgrims aren't heading off for '"some time by the sea" -- but into the vast Saudi Arabian desert, to the valley of Mina.
"Michael has one flaw in my view that there is hardly a weekend that he hasn't been off the road at one time or another and sometimes several times because he stretches the elastic a tad too far, " said the 67-year-old Scot.
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"Some oil wells will pay off and some won't, but the ones that do pay off will pay off big time, " says Peter Ticconi Jr.
Companies that have increased time-off opportunities don't attribute their better retention rates to these practices.
"There's that time between when you can't use your laptop when you're taking off and landing, so that's prime SkyMall time, " Nainan said.
"Just rushed it a little bit, didn't know how much time I had to get it off, " he said.
At Euro 2012, for instance, England benefited from a missed call when John Terry didn't quite clear a ball off the line in time against Ukraine.
They would increasingly request time off without advance notice, and the first-time entrepreneur felt she couldn't say no since she wasn't paying them, nor were they getting school credit.
We want a system where you can't be denied care if you have a preexisting condition. (Applause.) You can't get thrown off your insurance right at the time when you get seriously ill.
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And then it became that I had too much time off, where I haven't faced a hitter in two weeks, and they're not going to trust me to go right into a major league game.
But if you don't pay off the whole balance in the allotted time, you'll typically have to pay interest on the entire amount you initially charged retroactively often at a higher rate than a typical credit card, says Odysseas Papadimitriou, chief executive of credit-card comparison website CardHub.com.
While it might be a bit much to say Hagelin was a cult hero during his time there, the term isn't too far off the mark.
Mathai testified earlier that she slept in a closet, worked long days without vacation, days off or sick time and wasn't allowed to leave the property, a palatial stone mansion on a cliff overlooking the Mohawk River.
"Be mindful of it and if the soreness doesn't go away in a day or two, then take time off, " he says.
While aiding the law was part of his plea-bargain, testifying won't get him softer terms--only the proverbial "time off for good behavior" can do that.
Because NHL coaches weren't allowed to work with players during the lockout, the goalies didn't do much technical work, if any, during the time off.
Both films hark back to a more somber, measured pace and muted palette, a time when movies weren't so desperate to rush us off our feet and sought to engage the mind -- not overload the senses.
Once served mainly for breakfast, nasi lemak (meaning fatty rice, but don't let that put you off) is now eaten at any time of the day or night.
There was no question that the tech giant's absence would be felt the following year, the first time in recent memory the Consumer Electronics Show wasn't kicked off by a Microsoft keynote.
The fact of the matter is that while most college kids don't spend a lot of time thinking about the monthly costs of their off-campus housing, the people who usually end up writing the rent checks--their parents--do.
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