There's also the option to pay $5 per month instead of year-to-year.
"Right now, people are more apt to buy things that promise longer durability, instead of relying on faddish things from year to year," says Ron Kurtz, founder of Alpharetta, Ga.-based market-research firm the American Affluence Research Center.
TIMER is a simulation model that does not optimize scenario results over a complete modeling period on the basis of perfect foresight but simulates, instead, the year-to-year investment decisions based on a combination of bottom-up engineering information and specific rules about investment behavior, fuel substitution, and technology.
The NCAA's members voted three years ago to allow schools to provide multiyear scholarships instead of granting aid on a year-to-year basis.
A larger gain was judged necessary if treatment lasted 5 years instead of 2 years (median 7 years, P<0.0001).
We wanted to move toward this instead of another year or two years ticking by".
Outdoor gear retailer REI recently decided to replenish its base of PCs only once every five years instead of three years, thanks to a switch to flat-panel screens that last longer.
We use employment data on 2 years instead of 1 year after migration because the data on 1 year after migration are usually not well registered.
Growth and development slow to such a point that sexual maturity is delayed, and the reproductive period requires two years rather than one; young are produced only every other year instead of every year, as at lower latitudes.
The new guidelines call for postponing routine screening for women at average risk to age 50, from 40, and recommend scans every other year instead of every year.
Moreover, if they keep up payments, their balances will be forgiven after 20 years instead of 25 years — or after 10 years if they are in public service, like teaching, nursing or serving in the military.
