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Americans suffer from an overdose of work.【B1】______who they are or what they do, Americans spend more time at work than at any
Americans suffer from an overdose of work.【B1】______who they are or what they do, Americans spend more time at work than at any
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Americans suffer from an overdose of work.【B1】______who they are or what they do, Americans spend more time at work than at any time since World War EL In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. Today, it【B2】______every country but Japan where industrial employees log 2,155 hours a year,【B3】______1,951 in the US and 1,603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans added an average of 138 hours to their yearly work【B4】______. The workweek has remained at above 40 hours. But people are working more weeks each year.【B5】______pay-time-off holidays, vacations, sick leave shrank by 50% in the 1980s. As corporations have experienced stiff competition and slower growth in【B6】______, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduce the【B7】______and managerial ranks, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid【B8】______where wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standard. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even if it means earning less money. But most employers【B9】______let them do so. The government, which has【B10】______from its traditional role as a regulator of work time, should take steps to make shorter hours possible.
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