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the retreats so that the retreats will be more likely to yield optimum employee
performance."
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102) The following appeared in the Pine City Gazette.
"Fifteen years ago, Pine City launched an electricity-conservation program that
reimbursed residents some of the cost for replacing energy-wasteful motors, home office
equipment, and home appliances with energy-efficient ones. For ten years, spending on
this program increased annually, and annual total energy consumption declined. But
spending on the program began to decline five years ago, and since then Pine City's total
electricity consumption has increased sharply. If this increased usage continues, the city
will have to build a costly new power plant. Obviously the best way to avoid this
expense is to increase reimbursement to residents for replacing energy-wasteful
equipment. This will reduce energy usage to the levels of five years ago."
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103) The following appeared in a health newsletter.
"Eating a heavy meal may increase the risk of heart attack. A recent survey of 2,000
people who had had a heart attack revealed that 158 of them said they had eaten a heavy
meal within 24 hours before their heart attack, and 25 of them said they had eaten a
heavy meal within 2 hours before their heart attack. Eating and digesting food releases
hormones into the bloodstream and temporarily increases heart rate and blood pressure
slightly. Both of these things put stress on the heart. Therefore, people who are at risk of
having a heart attack can lower that risk by not overeating."
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104) The following is a memo from the business manager of National Daily News.
"To expand the home delivery service of our national newspaper, we should concentrate
on the state of Urba rather than on the state of Sylva. First, the population of Sylva is
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