Taking Sacrifice to a Whole New Level
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Brett Ludeke, a 24-year-old  employee at a global security company, has overhauled his life for the long-shot dream of becoming an ultimate fighter.
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How to maximize your charitable contributions.
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A life-changing turn of events and generosity from some surprising sources forces this columnist to smarten up and look at life differently from here on out.
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Earn huge gains while risking less capital, if you dare.
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Use some psychological tricks and end up richer.
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The creator of The Sims tells us about his grandest project yet -- a life simulator that goes all the way from bacteria to space exploration.
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Turning a purchase requiring specialized knowledge into something for Everyman â everywhere.
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Make sure your donation does what you want.
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By Lindee, Susan  REBECCA M. HERZIG, Suffering for Science: Reason and Sacrifice in Modern America. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 2005. Pp. ?+194. ISBN: 0-8135-3662-6.
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You do want to wind up with more than you started with, right?
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Let someone else make the tough decisions.
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There is a part of gamer psychology that is rarely discussed, but incredibly important: We are thrilled by wanton destruction. We need it like a form of food. Commentary by Clive Thompson.
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Take advantage of cards instead of it being the other way around.
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Feeling too rich? Here's how to shed some excess wealth.
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Embracing your inner cheapskate can pay off in more ways than one.
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Go from zero to 80 grand by shifting a few financial gears.
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Press the "buy" button. That's a lesson I learned at a high cost _ in money and emotion _ on a recent Friday morning.  It was just after 7 a.m. when my wife and I arrived at O'Hare International Airport for our American Airlines flight to Boston to see our son graduate from college.