MINIMIZES LATENESS AND ABSENTEEISM START TELECOMMUTING PROGRAMS TELECOMMUTING REALITIES AND POPULAR IMAGES TO THE QUIET ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS A. ENCOURAGING COMPANIES TO (68)______IN ORDER TO REDUCE RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY B. A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER FROM NEW YORK CITY MOVES (69)______ C. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN (70)______ D. TELECOMMUTING HELPS KEEP HIGH PERFORMERS ON BOARD, (71)______BY ELIMINATING COMMUTERS, ALLOWS PERIODS OF SOLITUDE FOR HIGH-CONCENTRATION TASKS TELECOMMUTING-SUBSTITUTING THE COMPUTER FOR THE TRIP TO THE JOB-HAS BEEN HAILED AS A SOLUTION TO ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO OFFICE WOR K. FOR WORKERS IT PROMISES FREEDOM FROM THE OFFICE, LESS TIME WASTED IN TRAFFIC, AND HELP WITH CHILD-CARE CONFLICTS. FOR MANAGEMENT, (72)______, AND PROVIDES SCHEDULING FLEXIBILITY. IN SOME AREAS, SUCH AS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE (73)______. BUT THESE BENEFITS DO NOT COME EASILY. MAKING A TELECOMMUTING PROGRAM WORK REQUIRES CAREFUL PLANNING AND (74)______. MANY WORKERS ARE SEDUCED BY ROSY ILLUSIONS OF LIFE AS A TELECOMMUTER. (75)______AND STAYS IN CONTACT WITH HER OFFICE VIA COMPUTER. A MANAGER COMES IN TO HIS OFFICE THREE DAYS A WEEK AND WORKS AT HOME THE OTHER TWO. AN ACCOUNTANT STAYS HOME TO CARE FOR HER SICK CHILD; SHE HOOKS UP HER TELEPHONE MODEM CONNECTIONS AND DOES OFFICE WORK BETWEEN CALLS TO THE DOCTOR.