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Getting to Work in the City

The following table shows the commuting characteristics of people living in the 15 largest U.S. cities by population, as of 2000. Modes of transportation include driving alone, carpooling,…

Coleridge: Work without Hope

Youth and AgeWork without Hope 62, 5-*the sole unbusy thing*. Cf. George Herbert's "Employment:" "All things are busie; onely I Neither bring hony with the bees, Nor flowers…

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Author:Dave EggersPublisher:Simon & Schuster Taken at face value, the premise of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius would lead one to assume that the "memoir" based on a true story…

Weather: Now for the Real Work

Now for the Real WorkWeatherLet's See How It's DoneNow for the Real WorkGoing Into the Upper AirBring on the MachinesWhat About the Five-Day Forecast? So far, most of what I knew about the weather…

Weather: Putting the Machines to Work

Putting the Machines to WorkWeatherPrediction by NumbersRichardson's ExperimentPutting the Machines to Work One of the great contributions to the second Renaissance in meteorology was mathematician…

Brewer's: Working on the Dead Horse

doing work which has been already paid for. Such work is a dead horse, because you can get no more out of it. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…

Brewer's: Lie to One's Work

(To). To work energetically. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lie with One's FathersLie on Hand A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…

Brewer's: Pagan Works of Art

In Rome there are numerous works of art intended for Pagan deities and Roman emperors perverted into Christian notabilities. ANGELS, in St. Peter's of Rome, are old Pagan statues of Cupids…

Baseball's Eight Work Stoppages

In 2002 the players' union and the owners narrowly avoided baseball's ninth work stoppage, coming to an agreement just hours before a proposed players' strike was set to begin. Below is a…

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Poe is one of the fathers of horror literature, with many of his tales being made into movies throughout the years, continuing to give readers and viewers the chills, even after all this time. How…