March Madness Gambles with Workplace Productivity
A Challenger, Grey & Christmas survey estimates NCAA tournament costs firms up to 1.2 billion in lost productivity as workers average 13.5 minutes on basketball sites during the three week stretch ending April 3. The piece notes gender dynamics in viewing and sponsorships, with a strong male audience for both men’s and women’s games and rising online streaming, office pools, and potential GDP impact.
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March
Challenger, Grey & Christmas
Chicago
Challenger
Grey
Pontiac
Vegas
Nielsen Media Research
Los Angeles
Dallas
CBS SportsLine
America
BenTley Co publishers Donato S and Stephen F
The Lawton Constitution notes Donato S and Stephen F BenTley as co publishers, continuing the paper's 1901 founding legacy and leadership.
Editorial: carbon neutrality buzz needs real policy action
The Peoria Journal Star argues carbon neutrality, from NFL offsets to Coldplay mango trees, is a flawed consumer mindset. It urges practical steps: upgrade bulbs, reduce driving, invest in renewables, push higher mileage standards, and rejoin global climate leadership.
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NFL
Coldplay
Humanities College
University of Utah
Utah University
al Gore
India
Washington, D.C
Garacle
United States
U.S
No New or Continuing Taxes Urged in Lawton Area
Community members criticize repeated sales and property tax increases over decades in Lawton and Comanche County. They argue automatic property value hikes and rising living costs fuel continual revenue for city services and schools, blaming poor financial management and urging high opposition turnout to vote no new or continuing taxes.
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Comanche County
Lawton
Timeline of notable world events and deaths across years
A compact chronicle highlights key historical moments from 1799 to 1987 including the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, Senate censure in 1834, Crimean War declarations in 1854, Wong Kim Ark citizenship in 1898, city name changes in 1930, Madrid fall in 1939, deaths of Virginia Woolf Jim Thorpe Dwight Eisenhower Maria von Trapp, and a Thought for Today quotation reflecting on public taste.
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America
Three Mile Island
Middletown
U.S. Senate
Jackson
Bank of the United States
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Virginia Woolf
Lewes
England
St. Nazaire
Ending intervention for liberal democratic values?
The piece argues the West cannot avoid involvement amid global interdependence and debates whether U S intervention is necessary after Iraq. It cites Stephens and Broder on public opinion, moral impulse versus interests, and the shift of U S hegemony amid calls to end tyranny abroad.
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Iraq
Financial Times
Philip Stephens
Stephens
Britain
Tony Blair
U.S
George W. Bush
America
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Europe
United States
Turkey
Stalin
Ukraine
FDR
Mao
Pol Pot
Clinton
Rwanda
82Nd Airborne
Darfur
Afghanistan
Bush
Gallup
David Broder
Penn. Schoenkel
Broder
Iran
Syria
Truman
Ike
Budapest
Camp David
Nixon
Beijing
Reagan
Gorbachev
Reykjavik
Blair
Baghdad
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Maria von Trapp
Morrisville, WI
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Patrick J. Buchanan
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