Word: watchful
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Despite complaints from angry residents worried about their safety, the mayor of Dörentrup, Friedrich Ehlert, still defends his original decision to flip the switch. "If I watch TV at home, and then go into another room, I switch the lights off in the lounge," he says. "People shouldn't expect the streetlights to be on when they're not outside." But he's delighted with the new scheme, pointing out that, although the council picks up the electricity bill every time anyone uses Dial4Light (locals pay for the call), it's still cheaper than running the streetlights through...
...nothing about its future is certain. Its rise, like Germany's 100 years ago, could lead to murderous rivalries. Or it could help usher in a period in which more of humankind has more material benefits, enjoyed in peace, than has ever been known before. We can only watch, and wonder...
...would weigh even more if we exercised less. But like many other people, I get hungry after I exercise, so I often eat more on the days I work out than on the days I don't. Could exercise actually be keeping me from losing weight? (Watch TIME's video "How to Lose Hundreds of Pounds...
...Watch a video about fitness gadgets...
...Watch Tiger Woods play Wii Golf...