An administrative assistant keeps your executives and other staff members on track by keeping the office stocked with supplies, scheduling appointments and meetings, and answering the phone as needed.

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Some user manuals are a frustration, some are a pleasure – and all reveal more about us than we might think. Maybe you diligently read an instruction manual from cover to cover before you even turn on ...

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Sometimes writing is used to tell us how to do things, like in an instruction, or a manual. This alien wants to build a deckchair, but every time she tries, she ends up making something different. So ...