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It's been about a year since I took over what an observer once called the cushiest job in the world: editor of Vital Speeches of the Day, the 75-year-old monthly collection of the speeches.

David Murray: Speeches: The Current State of the Oldest Art 2010

It's been about a year since I took over what an observer once called the cushiest job in the world: editor of Vital Speeches of the Day, the 75-year-old monthly collection of the speeches.

David Murray: Speeches: The Current State of the Oldest Art 2010

For far too many individuals, teaching is perceived as one of the cushiest jobs around -- days that end at 3:00, long holiday breaks and a nine-month work year with decent pay and great benefits.

Teach Plus: The Compensation Conversation: A Teacher's Two Cents Teach Plus 2012

Ramirez could, if he wanted, curl into the cushiest leather chair in the Staples catalog.

Those with a desk job, please stand up Michael S. Rosenwald 2010

Ramirez could, if he wanted, curl into the cushiest leather chair in the Staples catalog.

Those with a desk job, please stand up Michael S. Rosenwald 2010

Ramirez could, if he wanted, curl into the cushiest leather chair in the Staples catalogue.

Desk jockeys rising up, putting chairs out of a job Michael S. Rosenwald 2010

Keenly aware that youth unemployment has been a driving factor in revolutions elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa, and that half of its own population is 18 or younger, the government is taking steps to change a mindset left from the days when the oil kingdom's citizens were few and jobs were many: that Saudi Arabia's citizens take the cushiest jobs or take no jobs at all.

Saudis Push Young People, Including Women, Into Jobs Ellen Knickmeyer 2012

Ramirez could, if he wanted, curl into the cushiest leather chair in the Staples catalog.

Those with a desk job, please stand up Michael S. Rosenwald 2010

But for travelers accustomed to the bells and whistles of a big ship, a week at sea with little more than card games and some old DVDs for entertainment can make even the cushiest yacht feel like a dinghy.

Cruise Ships Out; Yachts In 2010

The other side of that equation is that, as the system currently works, people in the cushiest council homes hang on to them even when they ought to move on or downsize, which prevents properties being passed on to needier applicants.

Tinkering with tenancy is no solution to the housing shortage 2010