For example, they would give tours when the official tours were not offered at all during holiday breaks or certain periods during the summer.

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Only browse the Internet and do online shopping during lunch or other breaks.

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Among other things, when management installed slightly brighter light bulbs, or changed the length of assembly-line breaks during the work day, they noticed that productivity picked up.

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And do they communicate by phone or indirectly during -- while the meeting is going on, during breaks?

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But I took long breaks during the day so that I could sit or lie down somewhere to rest my back and legs.

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Crowdsourcing sites often pitch their work to stay-at-home moms or students who can pick up a few tasks to do during short breaks, as this earlier story pointed out.

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CW, a joint venture between CBS and Time Warner, got a jump on this last year, when it rolled out advertiser-sponsored clips, or content wraps, that ran as three short program segments during commercials breaks.

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If you like to stay active but find--usually during those damnable 40s--that your body breaks down or takes longer to recover from injury, you can spend a small fortune searching for answers.

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Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen says it was pivotal to cut up film during summer breaks for his father, legendary NFL coach George Allen, or to attend every practice he could from the time he could drive.

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Even if you have a full time nanny, or send your kids to daycare, being home during the work day means you can have lunch together, take snuggle breaks, and even nurse small children instead of pumping.

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