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...sailing on the Raffaello for an extensive vacation on April 17th," Stone said. "I may not be back in time for the speech, and I wouldn't want to tie myself down...
...seaborne-student fare is actually lower, considering that the ship tourist gets room and board for a voyage of up to eleven days. The government-owned Italian Line has little to lose from this bargain-price experiment because the 500 tourist-class cabins in its four ships-the Michelangelo, Raffaello, Leonardo da Vinci and Cristoforo Colombo-have been sailing at only 20% occupancy. Italian Line officials figure that they may not make money on the students-food alone will cost up to $100 a head on each sailing -but that once introduced to the indulgent joys of sailing, young travelers...
King Hassan II likes to tell his visitors that Morocco is "a rich country where the people are poor." He proved his point last week when he arrived in the U.S. to ask for aid. Accompanying him aboard the Italian liner Raffaello, which had made a special stop in Casablanca to pick him up, was a 136-member party that included five princes, two princesses, nine Cabinet ministers, two generals, nine lance bearers in orange capes, his court physician, a maitre d'hótel, the royal chef, four cooks and a white-jelabbed servant whose only duty...
...tonnage ever made by a shipping company in a single year, the line is introducing not just one luxury liner but two. Last week, after an eight-day trip from Genoa, the 45,900-ton Michelangelo glided into Manhattan on its maiden voyage; late in July its twin, the Raffaello, will go into service on the 4,700-nautical-mile run between the Italian Riviera and New York...
...Both Raffaello and Michelangelo will be among the most luxurious and comfortable passenger ships afloat. Each will carry 1,800 people (540 first class, 560 cabin, 700 tourist) in roomy cabins, have 30 salons and six swimming pools, closed-circuit TV, overall air conditioning and 18 elevators to serve eleven decks. (Still highly sensitive to the Andrea Doria disaster, the line has also installed extra watertight compartments and two modern radar systems.) The new ships' motto is ''Living like a lord." For passengers who find it hard to relax even amid such luxury, the Italian Line will...