But in a work-obsessed nation, the idyll could not last.

Crane's father was a work-obsessed entrepreneur who ran a candy company.

He is work-obsessed, which leads to a very high-stress life.

The proposals reflect global concerns about the effects of a "work-obsessed culture" in developed countries.

It's a monument to the information-based economy and to our work-obsessed lifestyle.

Bill Morgan became work-obsessed since his wife died.

"There are many, many women who stand by their creative or work-obsessed husbands.

Now they have to investigate and solve an odd terrorist threat between two work-obsessed planets.

At one point toward the end, Linda must say to her work-obsessed husband: "This place is eating you up.

Ms. Friedman acknowledges that, like many work-obsessed people, she is her own worst vacation enemy.

Ms. Smith lists the three reasons Americans are so work-obsessed and experts weigh in.

They are fantasy alternatives to the reality of the average Japanese husband, who, the women say, is coarse, work-obsessed and unromantic.

Recession or no recession, the work-obsessed will come a cropper as the hours take their toll.

It shifts the mind into a more relaxed and receptive mode than what we experience in our over-wired, work-obsessed world.

In previous interviews, Hamilton has described Cameron as work-obsessed.

Aoe is work-obsessed and often cold to those around him (particularly Izumi), but his actions and words always mean well.

The movie features Murphy as a work-obsessed dad whose daughter's three imaginary friends make him a financial whiz with their smart stock-market picks.

Holmes is rude, anti-social and work-obsessed, but Miller succeeds in making the character likable.

This new rosy tint to a work-obsessed, office-neat personality is starting to affect the way our homes look.

Kinko's, once known simply as the leading chain of printing and copy shops, has recast itself for the work-obsessed digital age.

Gooding later lashed out at the petite star claiming she was work-obsessed and friendless.

The ultimate work-obsessed man.

There's something intriguing about a work-obsessed woman in her 30's whose professional life is sort of together but whose personal life is a mess.

The first offering is "Mostly Martha," a romantic comedy in German about a work-obsessed chef.

Work-obsessed Phillip makes little time for his wife until she becomes paralysed after reading newspaper reports of Kristallnacht in Germany.