Jobs, Steven

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The cofounder of Apple® Computer and the man often given credit for the wide availability of personal computers.

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Jobs is often cited as an example of the new type of entrepreneur associated with the information age.

“I think it is important to say it is too soon to judge success or failure,” said Col. Steven Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The economy has begun to add jobs, but the quality of those jobs is an increasing concern.
Christie Blames Parents for Bad Economy|Monica Potts|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Liberals are outraged over the Steven Scalise scandal—but the left has selective amnesia.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise|Ron Christie|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He said the police were good at their jobs, and were still policing every day.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Antoine, a 40-year-old DJ who works at the airport, says he fears for his children if the police stop doing their jobs.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They can, and they will, vote themselves and their friends or adherents into the good jobs and the high places.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The part-time musicians had disappeared for a few hours of sleep before their usual jobs.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
"I changed paint jobs for him according to instructions," Burkey explained.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
It was in this room that Delancy's get-away car had changed paint jobs, and in about ten minutes.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
We would need five weeks of full production—and we couldn't possibly give it full production; we had other jobs, too.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis