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...sharing is an energy-saving idea whose time may have come. For a couple of bucks an hour, on top of a monthly or yearly membership fee, you can hop into a clean, gassed-up car and drive it as long as you like--and never pay for insurance or a single oil change. Companies like ZipCar, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., and expanded last week into Washington, maintain fleets of cars parked in convenient locations around town. Customers can pick up a car, drop it off when they're finished, and pay only for the hours they drive...
Dozens of institutions, from cafes to lumbering corporations, have already made it possible to link PCs and notebooks to the Internet without wires. If you have the right expansion card on your laptop, you can walk into a Starbucks in New York City today and, for a small fee, browse the Net over a high-priced cup of coffee. This revolution has also made its way into airport terminals and the homes of technophiles sick of tripping over cables...
Besides the Hemenway Gym, often frequented by law students, and the Murr Center, which is near the football stadium, the MAC’s previously less than spectacular offerings also lost students to professional gyms, such as Boston Sports Clubs in Central Square ($77 a month + initiation fee) and the Wellbridge Center at the Charles Hotel ($112 a month + initiation fee...
...champion must survive several brutal bouts in a single day. Whatever patina of class and skill the martial arts lend to the festivities is offset by flashing lights, blaring jock rock and Cheech levels of smoke. Ubiquitous ring announcer Michael Buffer has already collected a K-1 appearance fee...
...other big draw is the group of lawless towns just over the Burmese border. Judging by the crush of the crowds, this is Chinese holiday heaven: an open orgy of casinos, transvestite dance revues and brothels. Although Rangoon's military junta doesn't officially admit non-Chinese, a small fee or a little organizing at your hotel can get you a day's pass. Try this only if you like the sight of thousands of mainlanders cutting loose...