Novich says he still works from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the week, plus time on Saturdays, though he admits to spending time on weekends handling billing and fielding e-mails and calls.

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Located at 254 West 54th St. (below Studio 54, but not associated with Roundabout Theatre Company), the venue will also host a jazz brunch on Sunday afternoons, plus music performances starting at 10:30 p.m.

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Plus, you get out of work at 4 p.m.

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In the three-plus months since Leno launched in prime-time, the 10 p.m. audience had fallen close to 30%.

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But cost-plus projects often leave some wiggle room in accounting for fixed costs ( see box, p. 66).

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