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We discuss the problem of sequencing precedence-constrained jobs on a single machine to minimize the average weighted completion time. This problem has attracted much attention in the mathematical programming community since Sidney's pioneering work in 1975 (Sidney, J. B. 1975. Decomposition algorithms for single machine scheduling with precedence relations and deferral costs. Operations Research23 283-298). We look at the problem from a polyhedral perspective and uncover a relation between Sidney's decomposition theorem and different linear programming relaxations. More specifically, we present a generalization of Sidney's result, which particularly allows us to reason that virtually all known 2-approximation algorithms are consistent with his decomposition. Moreover, we establish a connection between the single-machine scheduling problem and the vertex cover problem. Indeed, in the special case of series-parallel precedence constraints, we prove that the sequencing problem can be seen as a special case of the vertex cover problem. We also argue that this result is true for general precedence constraints if one can show that a certain integer program represents a valid formulation of the sequencing problem. Finally, we give a 3/2-approximation algorithm for two-dimensional partial orders, and we also provide a characterization of the active inequalities of a linear programming relaxation in completion time variables.