While the forced time indoors can be good for creativity and productivity, coaxing us to stay in and work, the lack of sunlight can be too much to bear after a while.

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We have full catalogues from all the major labels and a raft of independent labels including those represented by Merlin, which means all of their artists are being fairly compensated for their creativity every time people enjoy music through Spotify.

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At the same time, the current helium shortage calls for creativity to ensure that this resource is available for its many critical uses across the commercial, medical, electronic, fiber optics and defense industries.

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That's why experts urge schools to give students with dyslexia extra time on tests, waive foreign language requirements and grade separately for creativity and spelling.

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For prompting creativity, few things are as important as time devoted to cross-pollination with fields outside our areas of expertise.

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The way these musicians take everything that's stirring about rock and pump it up until it's larger than life, and full of an electrifying creativity that's been missing for a long, long time.

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Plus, even just taking the time to plan for an expanded project is an opportunity in itself to showcase your initiative, creativity, and project planning skills.

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All participants were then asked to complete, under time pressure, a series of challenging problem-solving tasks, for which they needed to use creativity to generate the correct solutions.

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There has been a profound loss of cultural creativity, apparent, for example, in the decay of the Islamic city and its time-honoured traditions of craftsmanship, piety and community.

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