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Hearns and his friends are not alone: a 2001 survey found that 22% of college students were buying energy drinks. The drinks are the fastest growing sector in the beverage business. After earning a mere $12 million in 1997, they now account for $1 billion of the $60 billion U.S. soft-drink market. Red Bull was the energy-drink pioneer, and still commands a share of more than 60%, but there are more than 200 challengers to the throne, many of which have attracted cultlike followings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy in a Bottle | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...captain who was shipwrecked on the Saharan coast of Africa, where unspeakably horrible things happened to him. Dean King, the author of a biography of Patrick O'Brian (of Master and Commander fame), stumbled on a copy of Riley's memoir and decided to produce a thoroughly researched, authoritative account of Riley's disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sailing the Seas of Sand | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

Klein's view that Bush can be beaten failed to take into account the factor that trumps all others: national security. The American people will want Bush, much more than Kerry or any other candidate in the Democratic field, to remain responsible for their safety. KENNY SUTTON Waterbury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 1, 2004 | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...independence. Jennifer, 40, started her stash several years ago, when she ran a home-based business and got tired of her husband's nosing around in her books. "Every time I turned around, he'd ask me which bills I had paid and how much was in my bank account," she complains. "It was aggravating." So with a few computer keystrokes, Jennifer altered the entries in her Quicken accounting program, derailing her husband's ability to keep track of her income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Stash | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...executive at a nonprofit organization, wedded at age 30, she already had a thriving career and her own condominium. "I brought assets, and my husband brought debts," she says. Instead of commingling all her resources, she secretly deposited $25,000 from the sale of her condo into a bank account that listed her mother's address...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Stash | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

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