Word: workload
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Undoubtedly some of the returnees were secretly thinking about their next break, as the workload has become heavier since last session. Reid has said senators will be expected for votes five days a week - an unheard-of time commitment under G.O.P. rule. And under Reid's new schedule, Congress won't even get its first recess for seven weeks...
Ozdem Gursel, 35, a partner in Tabanlioglu, a local architectual firm that collaborated on the development of Kanyon, says her firm's workload has soared to include a number of loft-style living spaces as Turkey heads toward a Western mortgage system. (In the past, economic instability meant the only people who could buy homes were those with up-front cash.) "We have an expression here which means 'Work like a donkey, live like a person,'" says Gursel. "Turks are like the Spanish; we eat late, we stay up late and we start early the next...
...figured wrong. As class attendance steadily thins, the workload does not. The first few problem sets each take about 40 hours to complete. The work burden is reason enough for many extraordinarily gifted students to drop...
...spokesman couldn't lavish enough praise on its contracted testing company, New Hampshire-based Measured Progress, which he says has performed well on all aspects of its commitment. But it's worth remembering that Montana was only responsible for 60,000 student tests, less than one tenth of Illinois' workload...
...couple of lazy penalties—hooking, holding in the offensive zone, those types of things.” While the first period included numerous power plays and three separate stretches of 5-on-3 play, both teams’ penalty kills rose to the challenge under the heavy workload. Harvard, in particular, was able to effectively shut down the Raider power play, as the penalty kill held Colgate scoreless and even managed to generate some shorthanded chances. “They gave us a couple of different looks [on the power play], but they really never changed to adapt...