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...these days a growing number of savvy vacationers are leaving the car in the garage and bypassing the airport. They are going in style, taking scenic and luxury train trips on which the fun -- and a bit of fantasy -- begins with the venerable two-tone cry "All abooo-ard!" Recreational rail travel is on a roll. Some 4.8 million passengers toured the country on specialty trains last year, in contrast with 2 million riders ten years ago. The attractions can include unspoiled panoramas, relaxed atmosphere -- with someone else in the driver's seat -- comfortable sleeping quarters and lively service...
Rewind a generation for Brigitte Bardot's tousled hair, pouty mouth and sensual allure. Then fast-forward -- and surprise! -- blond tendrils again, lips in a pout and more curves than a scenic railroad. It's CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, the newest top star on the international fashion runway. Discovered in a Dusseldorf disco, Schiffer, 19, is being called the face of the '90s. She has already been on the cover of Vogue and Elle and showed off Chanel's latest collection. In her provocative ads for Guess?, Schiffer fills a pair of jeans in a way that cowboys only dream...
Japanese sightseers, on the other hand, greet Harvard's scenic attractions with unrepressed delight. On a campus tour, they point excitedly at almost everything that catches their attention: At the buildings in the Yard. At the trees in the Yard. At the squirrels in the Yard. At you. This flurry of outstretched fingers is accompanied by the busy clicking of camera shutters...
Some speculated that Grosvenor resisted long, analytical stories, preferring National Geographic's traditional franchise of anthropology, travelogues and scenic montage. Yet it was under his tenure as editor in the '70s that the magazine first tiptoed toward relevance by running stories on Harlem and South Africa and the Quebec separatist movement. More likely, the clash had to do with personalities -- or money. In recent years the society has branched out into book publishing, a TV program, a travel magazine and a research journal. The strain on cash flow triggered cost cutting and staff reductions, leaving Garrett's writers and explorers...
...research center provides scholars with manyperks, including access to athletic facilities.And Bok, who was a member of Stanford'schampionship intramural volleyball team in 1951,said he plans to make good use of the netsprovided for scholars at the scenic researchcenter...