Word: companion
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...beautiful piece of vintage luggage might seem like an ideal travel companion. Stylish, graceful and conjuring up a more refined era of globe-trotting, a 1920s leather case is guaranteed to turn heads at the airport. Unfortunately, though, these glamorous artifacts weren't designed for the trials of modern travel. After being tossed around by baggage handlers and bashed up in the luggage hold, your beautiful case could well end up a sad sack...
...beautiful piece of vintage luggage might seem like an ideal travel companion. Stylish, graceful and conjuring up a more refined era of globe-trotting, a 1920s leather case is guaranteed to turn heads at the airport. Unfortunately, [an error occurred while processing this directive] though, these glamorous artifacts weren't designed for the trials of modern travel. After being tossed around by baggage handlers and bashed up in the luggage hold, your beautiful case could well end up a sad sack. But it is possible to indulge in nostalgia without your clothes ending up scattered across the carousel. In October...
...poet and novelist spent much of his 220-km walk cursing and goading Modestine, the recalcitrant "she-ass" he'd hired to carry his load. But by the time he reached St. Jean du Gard 12 days later, he'd had a change of heart about his long-eared companion, and the encounters they shared inspired[an error occurred while processing this directive] his memorable account, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes...
...area more intimately, having roamed it for 20 years as a mines driller. Even today, he's not regretting his decision, three months ago, to take up trucking: "The money's not as good, but it's easier." In five-hour stints, he'll take the wheel while his companion beds down in the padded cabin bunk. Each knows the other's boundaries. "If someone doesn't want to talk," says Schneider, "you leave him alone and he leaves you alone...
...Against a backdrop of cultural upheaval, the sisters' own personal and sexual lives come into focus. Kate becomes repelled by her sister's flirtatious way with older men though she learns herself just how easy it is to seduce a male companion. Little else is easy in these interesting times. Revolution seems to float in the humid air, and a minister warns the girls that "Hong Kong is facing sinister times." Bombs kill innocent civilians. The girls enter into sexual liaisons. Secret pacts are made. Borders are crossed. In Hong Kong, the heat...