Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...hard to deal with sometimes, because we never got a chance to do that. We worked side by side, but that wasn't the same as being together as a family." The four Sutton men begged Mom to slow down, maybe close Je's two days a week instead of just one, but she couldn't stop...
...Instead she tried to jolly me out of Grinch-hood by suggesting (in a Cindy Lou Who voice) that most gifts aren't bad enough to destroy a relationship. She points to my brother Joe's Steak Lovers' Kit. "All those accessories," she says. "And he knew you like steak. Do you think he was trying to be thoughtful...
That shamed me into considering milder solutions, like gift certificates. "Recipients say they like them," Professor Otnes reports, citing research. And for those really hard-to-buy-for people, like every member of my family? Give them experiences instead of merchandise, she offers. Take them out to dinner or a play. This provides the added benefit of being a gift that you, the giver, can horn...
...finally, whenever possible, leave your laptop at home. Take TIME's instead...
Spread betting first hove into view in the mid-1970s, when a British sports bookmaker--betting is legal in Britain--devised an esoteric, high-risk means of gambling on the future of market indices. Instead of betting the fixed odds of a victory, a fan can bet the point spread on a vast array of future movements; today bets can be made on just about any indicator, including indices, share prices, currencies and commodities. Though spread betting occasionally looks the same as dabbling in futures markets, typically the bets are smaller and more specialized, an attraction for the individual investor...