Article: SATURDAY NIGHT: MANY HEDGING THEIR BETS

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Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody ...

"Another Saturday Night" - Sam Cooke

Robert Beard of Gary is not much of a "let's-get-out-on-Saturday-night" person.

He said he's either working or studying, and besides, the singles scene is a bit too stressful for his liking.

"You go out on Saturday for the pleasure, but it's more of a dilemma," said the 26-year-old student at Indiana University Northwest in Gary. "You get more stress, I think, going out than you do staying home."

Beard is far from alone in his feelings.

A recent national survey by the Home Box Office (HBO) cable ...

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