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Instead, Eisenberg, 39, relies on online travel forums for advice. While printed guides may offer good cultural and historical information, the listings are typically a year old by the time the books hit store shelves. Online forums, in contrast, are buzzing with timely tips from fellow travelers--many of whom have just returned from a trip or, better still, are logging on from a cybercafe abroad...
...father died in August 2000, Sunny, then 65, showed signs of closing down. "Suddenly, she was nervous to fly because she'd always flown with my dad," Hill recalls. But instead of retreating, Sunny began making romantic overtures to Maury, 68, her new neighbor in Kalamazoo, Mich. In contrast to Hill's father, who had been disabled for nearly a decade before his death, Maury was highly active. He and Sunny took up dancing, skiing and hiking. "I'm thrilled she's found someone who makes her happy," Hill says. "Here's someone who loved her partner for 43 years...
...perspective, plain influenza (which comes from southeast Asia and probably exploited the same mechanism that SARS did to become infectious) kills between a quarter and half a million people each year. The deadly Hantavirus, which was discovered in the U.S. in 1993, kills half of its victims. By contrast, SARS kills only about four percent if its victims, and has infected about 2,700 people as of Saturday...
Students accepted through Early Action at Harvard are not required to enroll. By contrast, students applying through an Early Decision program at other colleges are obligated to attend if accepted...
...fall in with the older jazz and mainstream blues-rock scenes, they also figure prominently in the CD racks and playlists of jam fans everywhere. Soulive’s songs evoke Phish, with all the improvisatory solos and greater technical mastery, but without the forced lyrics and repetition. In contrast, muscular funk riffs and a musical tightness mark Soulive’s tracks. “Shaheed” could be the soundtrack to some sort of ecstatic and electric ’70s silent cartoon...