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Simplifying Complexity Through Narratives Leaders often need to communicate complex strategies or concepts, which can be difficult for teams to fully grasp.—
Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025 -
The emotional weight of losing that independence is difficult to quantify, but its impact is profound.—
John Hope Bryant,
TIME,
18 Jan. 2025
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Despite this, in 1980, in a turning point that helped give rise to the formidable power of the New Right, Reagan continued to lean heavily on the Panama issue in his successful campaign against Carter.—
Julie Greene / Made by History,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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When Judkins’ 70-yard run set up his 1-yard scoring run for a 28-7 lead, Leonard and the Fighting Irish faced a formidable deficit that couldn’t be addressed on more quarterback keepers.—
Charles Odum,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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Even those with full, traditional coverage face an arduous claims process to receive full benefits from an industry known for low-balling policyholders.—
Carmen Balber,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, cautioned that finding common ground with Kelly on reform may still be an arduous process.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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Securing partnerships with such massive players is at best laborious.—
Jamil Wyne,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Among the reasons why Hollywood execs have pointed to VFX as an area AI can be adopted revolves around the laborious nature of the work.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Dec. 2024
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Bridges finished with 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting from the field against his old team, and Anunoby scored 20 points on 8-of-18 shooting from the field to go with tough defense on Johnson, who shot an abysmal 6-of-20 from the field for 16 points.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Last year was a tough one for job seekers, who on average were unemployed for 23.3 weeks in December, up from 19.4 in December 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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For much of the 20th century, many doctors believed that strenuous exercise would more likely cause heart attacks than prevent them.—
Danielle Friedman,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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The physical strain of clearing snow and hacking away at ice from your walkway, driveway, cars, and other surfaces can lead to a variety of aches and pains, thereby turning a simple task into a strenuous activity.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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United Airlines ruled out severe turbulence as a cause of the unexpected aircraft movement, per CNN.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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The cheerleaders train to perform in icy, snowy and severe weather conditions, and memorize three new routines for each game.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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The new Haunted Mansion attic bride will be surrounded by portraits of past grooms who gradually vanish — leaving the reasons for their departure more to the imagination instead of her murderous intentions.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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