One-third (33 percent) of workers blamed traffic for their tardiness, while 24 percent said lack of sleep was the culprit.

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It will have serious consequences for families whose child will lose a Head Start slot, for workers on the border -- border security agents, for air traffic controllers who will have their hours cut.

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Employers may find themselves competing with each other for the best workers with promises not to monitor their e-mail traffic or web-browsing habits, or by offering strict limits on the use of corporate surveillance cameras.

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The road will bear more traffic, the area more people (at least 6, 000 workers will be needed for the dam building at its peak) and this part of Patagonia will certainly lose its remote, lost-in-time feel.

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