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Word: yardwork (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Boisterous Chorus. The Family Council was the Gilbreths' plan for organizing the flock into a well-run, cooperative team. Every Sunday after dinner the council, with Dad as chairman, met around the table to appoint purchasing committees, divide up the house and yardwork on an equitable basis, and make decisions on such acquisitions as rugs and dogs. As the kids realized, this was merely an extension of Dad's ideas on employer-employee relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Let's Have Twelve | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

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