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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen.
Leland Stanford
Own
Would
Would-Be
Employer
Fellow
Industry
Idling
His
Spur
Being
Co-Operative
Reason
Workman
Workmen
Workshop
Each
Watchful
Rhode Island works hard to reduce air pollution in our communities. We passed laws to prohibit cars and buses from idling their engines and to retrofit school buses with diesel pollution controls. But there is only so much a single state can do, particularly against out-of-state pollution.
Sheldon Whitehouse
School
Car
Single
State
Prohibit
Our
Air
Air Pollution
Laws
Only
Particularly
Island
Reduce
Passed
Idling
Diesel
Controls
Pollution
Rhode
Rhode Island
Against
Buses
Much
Communities
Hard
Engines
Works
What is required as we travel towards full unemployment is not new legislation but a gradual change of mental attitude, a shift in values. As our taste for idling grows, we will refuse to work for old-fashioned bosses who demand a five-day, 40-hour, nine-to-five type week, or worse.
Tom Hodgkinson
Work
Attitude
Travel
Change
Will
Values
Type
Our
Nine-To-Five
Worse
Mental
Mental Attitude
Bosses
Week
Towards
Demand
New
Idling
Shift
Unemployment
Taste
Gradual
Legislation
Refuse
Required
Full
Who
Old-Fashioned
Grows
Idling is not my strong suit.
Cam Gigandet
Strong
Strong Suit
Idling
Suit
In 2012, I received a phone call from the family of Arsala Rahmani, the Afghan senator with whom I'd become friendly. That morning, a gunman had pulled up alongside Rahmani's vehicle, idling in a crowded intersection, and shot him point blank.
Anand Gopal
Family
Morning
Phone
Become
Phone Call
Crowded
Point
Blank
Had
Vehicle
Alongside
Call
Him
Idling
Up
Friendly
Senator
Afghan
Shot
Whom
Received
Pulled
Intersection
Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods.
Bill Lipinski
Life
Quality
Safety
Accidents
Other
Our
Neighborhoods
Crossing
Quality Of Life
Idling
Issues
Affect
Affected
Traffic
Trains
Grade
Communities