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Travel is the purest expression of freedom. Hop a plane or a train or get behind the wheel and in a few hours you can escape--from the routine, the familiar, to something new, exotic, liberating. But for years the travel industry has managed (or mismanaged) to drain much of the freedom and spontaneity out of travel. Planning a big summer trip with the kids? Better make your reservations now. Want to take a flight that doesn't set you back a month's salary? Better buy your ticket weeks ahead of time. And God forbid you should want...
Sometimes a tough loss can drain a team for several games. And having to play a game the night after such an emotional defeat can be a tall order...
...allows tension to build, and when Freeman came off the near turn trailing, it was almost unbearable. Then she surged, and won. The audience was transported, shouting on and on. Freeman sat on the track, unable to rise, for minutes--letting the sound wash over her and the pressure drain away. Then she slowly took off her shoes. "That's what I do among friends," she said later. "I sit down and take off my shoes...
Before the lawsuit was tried, however, it proved enough of a financial drain and a deterrent to potential investors that the company was forced to lay off more than 80 percent of its employees in September...
PATRICIA WEXLER, dermatologist to the stars: "The best way to treat a boil is to drain the pus, use a bit of acid to dry it out, and apply a good cover-up. The last thing he'd want to do is slap on a big boo-boo strip. It distracted from what he was saying. Showing pimples under stress won't help with Middle East negotiations: 'Excuse me while I mop my face...