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...suppose that most tourists are similar around the globe, but D.C. tourists rank above travelers to any other city. People don't come to Washington to relax or catch a show or see Elvis' house. They flock to the capital to learn, celebrate America and be the best gosh darn patriotic citizens they can be--even the foreigners, which I will never understand. During their delves into American heritage, these people really appreciate D.C. as the gorgeous marble city that it is. They appear almost childlike to me. At times I even get the impression that they think wearing...
...surprise that cruising has become one of the most popular forms of vacation. It has the romance of an earlier era, and it's easy: minimal packing and unpacking, plenty of time to relax, and enough food and entertainment to satisfy the most committed sybarite--all at one price. Cruise lines typically have two or three seasons. A seven-night Mediterranean cruise on Premier's elegant Rembrandt runs $1,498 to $2,998 (depending on cabin choice); it's $100 per person more May 31 through Sept. 6. The line's Island Breeze has week-long voyages around the Canary...
...Relax. That won't happen. This specter is no more real than the many others that stock and bond traders torture themselves with every now and then, especially when times are good. In fact, inflation is likely to revive only slightly, if at all. The Fed may not tighten at all, and if it does, it will most likely be with a small, one-shot move that's already been discounted. Interest rates a year from now may well be lower than at present...
...problem is that a lot of people who need to do it [socialize outside of the laboratory], don't," Birch says. "They think they can't. I don't there is anything that can be done. They just can't relax...
...there is anything that can be done," he adds. "It's kind of inherent in the way they are, but I don't think this place makes them that way. They just can't relax...