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Life-style is the way a person lives, work, leisure time, hobbies, other interests, and personal philosophy. One person’s life-style may be (36) . work, including few social activities. Another’s may involve hobbies, (37) activities, or personal philosophy. There is little doubt that life-styles axe changing and that these changes will have an influence on the way business (38) in the years ahead. Several (39) are causing life-style changes in U.S. society. First, there is more leisure time than ever before. The workweek is now less than forty hours, as (40) . to seventy hours a century ago. Some experts believe it will be twenty-five hours or less before the year 2000. Several firms have (41) . four-day workweeks with more hours per day. Others have cut the number of hours worked each week. Reduced work (42) mean increased leisure time. Second, families have fewer children than before — and young couples are (43) childbirth instead of having their children early in the marriage. (44) Gerber Products Company used to advertise "babies are our business — our only business". Now Gerber products include infant clothing, stuffed animals, and accessories such as bottles, baby’s carriage, and baby powder. (45) . These advantages bring with them the freedom to question current life-styles and examine new ones. (46)