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...recent e-mail survey, TIME asked downloaders why they steal online. Each had a similarly convoluted rationale. One said he wasn't stealing but was "simply borrowing from friends I don't know all over the world." Many resented buying an album when all they wanted was one song. One raged against the Man, saying it's "payback time" against venal record companies. Only a few owned up to what I suspect is the real reason: it's virtually impossible to get caught. While few of these people would, for example, help themselves to books or stereos if they could...
Expedition racing isn't cheap. A weekend race costs about $500 a competitor, plus equipment, and a USARA survey last year showed that serious competitors spent an average of $5,600 annually on the sport. John Hartley of Ridgewood, N.J., a mountain biker turned expedition racer, is just one participant who thinks it's worth it. "It's almost like being a kid again," he says. "You run in the woods, ride your bike on mountain trails and play in the water--and you do it with your friends...
...envisions as a gift for a much-loved stepmother, and “Can You Think Like a Harvard Student?” written by Abraham R. Kinkopf ’04. Kinkopf’s book will be a compilation of the results of a Harvard-wide survey he plans to distribute to House lists this reading period...
...half hours later, most of the water was cleared from the room, and Dickerson and Pemberton were able to survey the damage. They said the indoor deluge took them by surprise...
SAVINGS Keep up, or step up, the pace. Working longer doesn't always work out. Health problems and corporate downsizing explain many of the 40% of today's retirees who exit the work force earlier than they had planned, according to the EBRI survey. If you do save less--reasoning that you'll have more work years to reach your financial goals--consider buying long-term-care insurance, which most people never do but which you may need if you become unable to work and require special treatment, like nursing-home care...