Sentences with phrase «which freed labor»

In 1793, Eli Whitney, a New Englander, invented the cotton gin, which made it possible to use a type of cotton that had not formerly been used, and which freed labor for work in the fields.

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In 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted the American Time Use Survey, which found watching television is still Americans» top leisure activity, accounting for the way people age 15 and older spend just over half their available free time — or 2.7 hours — each day.

Last year, the figure was 333,000, of which 184,000 came from the E.U. Even if you accept, as most do, that immigration has expanded the tax base and kept the price of both food and services down, the influx — for which there is no end in sight — is changing the face of the country too fast for the population to stomach, and the E.U.'s rules on free movement of labor are an easy target.

He was facing the loss of his free labor, which held up his economy.

In simple terms it means a period during which one is free from labor.

In short, the global system — which is committed to the free flow of labor, goods, and capital — works well for the leadership class in Europe and North America, as it does for striving workers in China, India, and elsewhere.

Like a heavenly body that heats as it contracts, such, and in a twofold respect, is the Noosphere: first in intensity, the degree in which its tension and psychic temperature are heightened by the coming together and mutual stimulation of thinking centers throughout its extent; and also quantitatively through the growing number of people able to use their brains because they are freed from the need to labor with their hands.

We must do it humbly, recognizing the congenital sin from which we are not yet fully freed, but determined to abound in the work of the Lord, confident that our labor is not in vain if it be in the Lord.

There are actually many different ways in which labor and delivery can occur from a medicine - free natural birth, to something known as hypno - birth, all the way to a planned cesarean procedure.

I'd have all the attention I needed, the labor and delivery would take place in the same large and comfortable room, and I felt confident that the staff would honor my wishes for my birth plans, which were to have my baby as drug - free as possible and, hopefully, vaginally.

Not being connected to machines which are administering medicine means you're free to move around during labor, if you wish, as Healthline pointed out.

I had taken childbirth classes in the Bradley Method to prepare for a drug - free birth, during which we read about the many possible dangers to the baby of drugs during labor.

But we have given up on staying in the single market (which would require us to accept European jurisdiction and the free movement of labor) or the customs union.

At some point in his life, the First Man reasoned about ways to improve the productivity of his Labor towards meeting the bare necessities of life to free up some of his time for leveraging his human capacity for abstract thought towards Capital purposes, which could be used to improve productivity further which would free up more time which would etc, etc, etc..

The New York State United Teachers argues in the legal action that the confidentiality requirement — which the labor group says is essentially a «gag order» against teachers is unconstitutional and violates free speech rights.

Some of them will be successful, which will bloat the agreement text («Yes, we start free - trading widgets, but only if we both make them without child labor and respect each others patents and produce them carbon - neutral and make them compatible with each others widget - holders»).

I took the herb - free version when I was pregnant as I didn't want to include ginger, which has been linked to premature labor in large doses.

According to a G.A.O. report, which was done at the request of Representative William H. Natcher of Kentucky, chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education, two - thirds of rural districts that receive federal drug - free school grants say the money covers more than half of their total drug - education program.

It stands in contrast to the models of online education that preceded it, which involved either highly ranked institutions offering online degrees that cost as much as their in - person equivalents, lower - ranked institutions offering inexpensive online degrees with low labor - market returns, or a variety of institutions offering free massive open online courses (MOOCs), with unclear returns and very high attrition rates.

Curricula, teaching methods, and schedules can all be customized to meet the learning styles and life situations of individual students; education can be freed from the geographic constraints of districts and brick - and - mortar buildings; coursework from the most remedial to the most advanced can be made available to everyone; students can have more interaction with teachers and one another; parents can readily be included in the education process; sophisticated data systems can measure and guide performance; and schools can be operated at lower cost with technology (which is relatively cheap) substituted for labor (which is relatively expensive).

In our bizarre newspeak world, the leader of a labor union who tries to force kids to stay in their failing public schools gets a «human and civil rights» award and the Walton Foundation, which gives millions to help free those kids, is vilified.

You get 24/7 toll - free phone support, a one - year parts - and - labor warranty, and access to Velocity Micro's outstanding Web site, which has all manner of tips, driver downloads, and other useful information.

My other two books, I am planning the same thing, however a group in which I participate wants to do a Labor Day free promo and I am figuring to promo my 2nd book for three days before declaring DONE.

Everything else was provided free of charge (such as the radio station from which I broadcast my two weekly shows (Madison Review of Books; The Science Fiction & Fantasy Hour), and the labor of unpaid volunteers.

I had the option of playing outside, which I took fairly often, because the south has really nice weather, or working with my grandfather on his lawn, which I had no choice in at all and was basically free child labor.

Part of the way they make money, or try to, is by trading against the index funds which free - ride off their labor, but which trade in a relatively mechanical, non-fundamentals-driven way.

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

«What I wanted to do is give her back that space in which she could be desired, was wanted, and was able to be married, to not have her be trapped perpetually in this sort of historical labor of just operating to free other people.

This fallacy encourages many young artists to incur debt from which they will never be free and supports a culture industry and financial and cultural institutions that profit from their labors and financial servitude.

But these new surfaces also create a greater discrepancy between how these paintings look - which is free and intuitive - and how they are made, which, on this scale, becomes labor - intensive and a little oppressive.

Creating a similar division of labor within your firm could free you from operational and sales discussions, which may in turn relieve pressure on both you and your clients.