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...England resorts have several advantages during a recession. First, they're cheaper than the higher-end destinations like Aspen and Vail in Colorado. Second, they're within driving distance of huge metropolitan areas such as New York City and Boston. Mount Snow in Vermont, for example, is a four-hour trip from New York City and a two-hour trek from Boston. Its "skier days" (number of people visiting the resort, multiplied by the number of days they ski) are up 3% this season. (See which businesses are doing well despite the recession...
...Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton, Mass., has access to some 7 million people who live about an hour away in the Boston; Hartford, Conn.; and Providence, R.I., regions. And skiers are staying local: skier days at Wachusett have risen 4%. "We are drawing the people that make a spontaneous decision to go skiing," says Tom Meyers, the marketing chief at Wachusett...
...Much Are Your Wigglesworth?,” “Green-hos,” “Pennypacker? I Hardly Know Her,” and “Cower at the Tower of Sexual Power as They Plow Her in Mower in Under an Hour, Narrated by Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Surprisingly, Hurlbut, Widener, and Pusey remained untouched...
...million or so listeners, Steele retracted his remarks, saying, "There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership." So who is this conservative leader (or non-leader), how tightly does he have Republicans wrapped around his finger, and how many five-hour energy drinks did he consume to achieve his enormous decade-spanning staying power? (Read TIME's 1995 cover story about Rush Limbaugh...
...beaches near Cartagena tend to be grimy and raucous. Escape by boat instead, from the town's historic port (you can't miss the old, touristy galleon whose three masts are visible from much of the Old Town) to the Islas del Rosario, an archipelago about 30 miles (1 hour) off the coast. The islands offer proper beaches - though none quite lives up to the postcard-perfect white stretches for which the Caribbean is famous - with snorkeling, scuba-diving and a range of restaurants. I snuck onto the Sofitel's private island for a luxurious, leisurely lunch at the hotel...