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Whether it's a five-star holiday in Kuala Lumpur or a backpacking trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains, traveling à deux is the quickest way to get to know somebody. There's no room for pretense after she's heard you screech over a sand snake, and politesse quickly falls to the wayside after one of you gets hit with Montezuma's revenge on a romantic getaway. Traveling together can be a dealbreaker or a dealmaker...
Therapist Rob Dobrenski agrees that a holiday can be the thing that makes or break a couple. "I've seen couples who break up the day they get back from vacation," he says. "That even happened to me personally." Despite what people may think, a relaxing week in an exotic locale isn't necessarily the antidote for a faltering relationship. "There's so much pressure to have a good time, and most people aren't used to spending 24 hours a day with their partner," Dobrenski points...
...boyfriend, on the other hand, desires two things in a holiday: "all-inclusive" and "beach." Also, since he can't bear to be away from the office for more than a day, his fantasy jaunt would take place over a long weekend and wouldn't require more than two hours' travel time. There would be Wi-Fi everywhere and everyone would speak English...
...clear a Commander in Chief threshold on whether they have the judgment and readiness to lead. But we believed from the start that the economy would trump issues. We saw continually that voters really were focused on wanting long-term solutions. Senator Obama immediately opposed the gas-tax holiday because it was exactly the type of Washington [gimmick] he was saying wouldn't solve our problems...
...tile character in the Wachowski brothers' V for Vendetta, in which a masked crusader embarks on a terrorist campaign against a totalitarian British dystopia. Fawkes also proved an effective fundraising rally cry for onetime U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul, who garnered more than $4 million on the holiday in 2007 from a website commemorating Fawkes. This year, revelers will gather across Britain - most notably in Lewes, a town once known as a hotbed of anti-Catholicism sentiment that throws one of the British Isles' biggest conflagrations - and in nations ranging from South Africa and Canada to New Zealand and Australia...