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...home jaunts to Disney World, camping trips to U.S. national parks, and surfing safaris to Hawaii. The travel industry expects a jump of 10% or more in domestic bookings this year. Says Harold Van Sumeren, president of the Chamber of Commerce in Traverse City, Mich., a boating and camping mecca: "We're really anticipating one of the biggest and finest summer seasons we've ever...
...They probably would want to leave," Perullo said. "It used to be that this was a mecca. Now they're thinking about leaving...
...thousands of them, bikinis and libidos at the ready. After a week of the unimaginable and the unmentionable (to parents), spending up to $300 million on their bacchanal, they return to their college campuses, survivors of spring break. Says Dave Mazur, a Canisius College freshman: "Fort Lauderdale is like Mecca. You have to make the trip at least once. It's what everybody says it is --beaches, beer and bikinis . . . sand, surf...
...Although not a baseball mecca, a few Harvard students have gone on to play in the major leagues. Mike Stenhouse '79, the Crimson's most recent contribution to the big leagues, was recently cut by the Red Sox. But even fewer major leaguers have been born in Cambridge. Ten points if you can select the Cantabrigian who had a distinguished major league pitching career...
...Providence Civic Center was a mecca for hordes of hockey faithful Saturday night, a Green and White and Crimson haven for fans wallowing in the promise and magic of a national title...