Word: switch
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...want to buy a house before they can sell their old one. The stress of paying one mortgage is bad enough--the thought of having to shoulder two monthly mega-payments? [Insert heart attack here.] But when the real estate stars align, a pair of frustrated sellers can switch homes with each other. While there are few tax advantages or closing-costs savings, house-swapping promises the peace of mind that comes from unloading your house at the exact time you buy another. Although such trades are still rare, thousands of homeowners are flocking to websites that play the role...
...interest though. If anything, my excitement for the NCAA tournament has gone up, thanks to one of the greatest inventions of recent memory: March Madness On Demand. Since freshman year I’ve been able to get nearly all the games live on my computer and can switch between them at will. The CBS toy also works around the world, as I pleasantly discovered while abroad last spring. The travesty that European bars don’t ever tend to show tournament games is negated. Watching Final Four and Championship games that start at two or three...
However, one of the biggest issues—the misaligned academic calendars of the two institutions—is being resolved with calendar switch next year...
...What I strive for is four hours a day,” he says, of practice. “The total time commitment is like that of a full time job.” But he wouldn’t switch his life for that of a conservatory student...
...turned out, the action may have been almost too successful. On Feb. 26, just a few days before the protest, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Harry Reid called for the 103-year-old plant to switch from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas, a move long pushed for by environmentalists but blocked by representatives from coal-heavy states. Protesters claimed an early victory. "Getting the plant to switch shows the power of popular pressure," said Steven Biel, the director of Greenpeace's global-warming campaign. But there was no doubt that by responding before...