These are empty information calories, to borrow a phrase from Clay Johnson's timely new book, The Information Diet.

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Clay Johnson: Information overload is the wrong term because it blames the information.

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Clay Johnson: Step one is measurement.

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Maraniss wins a gold medal for his portraits of American stars Wilma Rudolph, Rafer Johnson and Cassius Clay, as well as of the barefoot Ethiopian gold medal marathoner Abebe Bikila.

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Key races where Democrats gained seats included Connecticut's 5th Congressional District, where 12-term Republican Rep. Nancy Johnson lost, and Florida's 22nd Congressional District, where 25-year veteran Rep. Clay Shaw lost.

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