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...Powerful people maneuver for position and worry endlessly about who is in and who is out, who is up who is down, forgetting the people whose toil and sweat sends them here and pays there way," Clinton said...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Clinton Sworn in as 42nd U.S. President | 1/21/1993 | See Source »

...first few decades of the next millennium, new advances are likely to fit within familiar forms. People will still drive cars to work, albeit lightweight cars running on strange new fuels. Office workers will toil before computers, although those machines will probably respond to commands that are spoken or scribbled as well as typed. Families will gather around TV sets with big, high-definition screens and a large menu of interactive options. After a few decades, those familiar forms will blend together and begin to lose their distinct identities. TVs, vcrs, CD players, computers, telephones, video games, newspapers and mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dream Machines | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

Harvard's players and coaches all agree that the match promises nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: F. Hockey: Desperately Seeking Guns | 10/3/1992 | See Source »

...most curious cut is Goodbye, Carmen, a "tribute" to the foreign housekeepers who toil anonymously for the rich and famous: "Thank you for staying with us for a while/ With your pretty smile/ And someday you'll get home again." It is an earnest effort but comes off as a bit condescending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Won't See Them Cry | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...margins. Added to this are pressures from shareholders for a greater return on investments, from Japan's trading partners for restraints on its aggressive trade practices, and from its own citizens for a reduction in their working hours so they can enjoy the fruits of 40 years of relentless toil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recession, Japanese-Style | 3/23/1992 | See Source »

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