Word: switching
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...INSURANCE Take higher deductibles to get lower premiums. Switch to term life, which is cheaper than similar policies with a death benefit. Auto coverage is rising, but underwriters offer highly specific policies. A good driver in a tanklike SUV (less likely to be hurt by bad drivers) can get a rate cut. Sounds wacky, given that SUVs are more likely to cause injury to others. But, hey, like getting frugal in a slowdown, it's O.K. to think of yourself first...
Money issues are a common source of strife between brothers and sisters: Why wasn't that loan repaid? Who can afford the bigger house? How should the family business be run? Behavior outside the family's value system can also trip the switch: coming out of the closet, marrying interracially or converting to a new religion. Then there are cutoffs linked to extreme emotional states, the reasons for which--such as untreated mental illness, substance abuse, incest and violence--may never be brought out into the open...
...Kick Some Gas!" urges one site, Priusenvy.com Senator Robert Bennet of Utah, chairman of the Republican High-Tech Task Force, fills his Insight's gas tank once a month. "It's the ideal commuter car," he says. But he has yet to persuade his fellow legislators to make the switch...
...ultimately, addiction is a physical disease of the brain caused by exposure to drugs. It starts, many neuroscientists believe, when alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines or other drugs boost the activity of a brain chemical called dopamine, which generates the sensation of pleasure. Flip the pleasure switch often enough, and nerve cells in many parts of the brain--especially in a tiny region known as the nucleus accumbens--become accustomed to the rush. When the switch is left in the off position too long, nerve cells feel deprived, a sensation the addict experiences as a nearly irresistible craving...
...working couples, but baby No. 2 alters everything. A study presented at a recent meeting of the American Anthropological Association reports that a woman's working life changes dramatically with a second child. While most professional women return to working full time after the first baby, more than 50% switch to part-time work or take a leave of absence after the birth of the second...