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...league has pulled this off despite a decision-making structure that seems perfectly rigged for trouble. There are 32 owners, many of whom are entrepreneurs who tend to follow the golden rule of management: he who has the gold makes the rules. Those owners are assigned to committees charged with handling everything from labor, competition and broadcasting to finding a team for Los Angeles. It's a group that includes NFL rebel Al Davis of the Oakland Raiders, financial ciphers like Malcolm Glazer of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, nouveau riche types like Daniel Snyder (Redskins) and old-school owners such...
...smoke Marlboro cigarettes. "I don't think foreign policy is going to drive down quarterly revenues right away," says GMI chief operating officer Mitchell Eggers, who spearheaded the study. "But over time, given the sharp change in how foreigners view American brands, the bottom-line differences will tend to come out." --By Sean Gregory
Everyone knows that stress can make you age before your time--but everyone knows is folk wisdom, not science. What science has established so far is that people under chronic stress tend to have weak immune systems and run an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. But that doesn't necessarily prove that stressed-out people are actually aging prematurely, even if they look older than their years...
...Sometimes,” he said, “you tend to get stuck in a position...and with a new coaching staff, the door is open...
Even though divorced men tend to consume fewer vegetables and eat out more, the increase in exercise likely explains the weight loss trend, the study says...