Word: homeworkers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some critics charge that Baker's temperament and work habits have been too much like the President's. "Baker could have spent a little more time doing his homework," grumbles a White House staffer. "He tends to be on the lazy side. He'd just as soon delegate rather than take on any of the heavy work himself...
...septuagenarian lay preacher named Peter Mabuza, for example, welcomes him to his tiny township house and offers Coca-Cola and cookies, along with jocular tales of his youth, when his "baas" thrashed him for sitting on the bed of the baas' son while he helped the boy with his homework. "He t'rashed me again," Mabuza goes on, "when he caught me riding his son's bicycle instead of pushing it back from the railroad station...
...Everest of High Concept, to produce a movie based on this line: "Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin as twin twins." All twists and splits of the story proceed from this inspiration; the concept propels the plot. After a merging of those stars and that theme, everything else is just homework...
...they also have special needs, athletes say. "I think it makes sense for athletes to get the jobs that might be considered easy because they take out three or more hours a day to practice. So it helps them to have a job where they can do their homework," says a varsity athlete who asked not to be identified...
...monitor jobs "are ideal jobs," Allard says. "Many buildings are empty at various times of the year and provide an ideal place to answer phones and do homework." He adds, "The jobs we ask them to do are not exactly difficult, but they require a lot of responsibility...