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1 She'd lived long enough inside The Preserve to know how to work the system .
2 They work the system in any conceivable way they can.
3 I'm talking about ways in which they work the system , that are ultimately wrong and unfair.
4 Those with accountants or lawyers to work the system can end up paying no taxes at all.
5 They don't mean to work the system - anyhow
6 People who were able to work the system could benefit to the detriment of other, more deserving households.
7 But, in other cases, the students knew what I was getting at and are trying to work the system .
8 I don't know whether he has done anything wrong but he wouldn't be the first manager to work the system .
9 People on both sides here have been recruited by these people who know how to work the system here in Washington.
10 Don't forget they have the best lawyers, and they have the best accountants, and they know how to work the system .
11 The Baylor University finance professor is a principal in Social Security Solutions, Inc., a software firm that helps people work the system .
12 Motueka pear grower Mitch said that many unemployed people knew how to work the system so they could avoid working in the orchards.
13 Therefore for those out of work the system represents a postcode lottery in which success is determined not by individual effort but by geography.
14 That does not mean skipping college, but just working the system .
15 A computer somewhere inside The Irish Times allegedly works the system but I doubt this.
16 He works the system diligently through his frequent travel and use of miles-building credit cards.
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