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...thinking, the productive forces unleashed by industrialism generated a steadily rising level of demand. Even humble men and women could now see the possibility of bettering their condition. The desire for a full life, formerly restricted to the rich, would spread to the masses. The expansion of desire -- the motor of progress -- would assure the expansion of the economic machinery necessary to satisfy it. Economic development would thus continue indefinitely in a self-generating upward spiral, without any foreseeable end or limit...
...noticed it shortly after leaving Motor Vehicles, but didn't think much of it, and I certainly wasn't going to stand in line another three hours just to get the digit changed...
Students who get less sleep are more likely to suffer from eating disorders to have disrupted eating patterns, and to be concerned about excess weight, according to a 1990 study published in Perceptual and Motor Skills journal...
...DAYS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWing Hurricane Andrew's deadly visit to South Florida, Allstate Insurance hastily dispatched more than 2,000 extra claim adjusters to the devastated area to assist the 200 stationed there. Many of the reserves arrived in convoys of motor homes. Others flew in from as far away as Alaska and California. Since the storm had knocked out telephone lines, Allstate rushed to set up its own communications system, consisting of 80 shortwave radio units, 850 pagers, 173 cellular phones and a toll-free number. Allstate expects to pay out $1.2 billion to cover more than 121,000 damage...
...timber industry will go to incredible lengths to mask their true destructive intentions. For the strip of Highway 101 that runs through Forks, the Society of American Foresters actually publishes a brochure to guide you through a "motor tour" of the cut-down forests you pass along...