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THROUGHOUT EUROPE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE FEELING PRESSED FOR TIME, REPORTS THE GERMAN NEWSPAPER GIEBENER ALLGEMEINE. THE SAME IS TRUE WHETHER PEOPLE ARE WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME, DOING HOUSE-WORK, OR ENJOYING LEISURE TIME. "PEOPLE SLEEP LESS, EAT FASTER, AND FEEL MORE RUSHED ON THE JOB THAN 40 YEARS AGO," SAYS SOCIOLOGIST MANFRED GARHAMMER, OF BAMBERG UNIVERSITY. HE FOUND THAT DAILY LIFE HAS ACCELERATED IN ALL THE EUROPEAN NATIONS THAT HE HAS STUDIED. LABORSAVING HOUSEHOLD DEVICES AND A REDUCTION IN HOURS AT WORK HAVE NOT BROUGHT ABOUT ANY "LEISURE SOCIETY" OR "TIME PROSPERITY," INSTEAD, ON AVERAGE, TIME FOR MEALS HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 20 MINUTES AND FOR A NIGHT'S REST BY 40 MINUTES.

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