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...dragged my British friend (and host) around her hometown on the upper level of an open-air, double-decker bus where a dorky tour guide gave a running commentary on the sights of the city. As if that wasn't proof enough, I later discovered I was the ultimate tourist when I schlepped through endless souvenir shops searching for the perfect Union Jack pencil case for my sister, boxers for my boyfriend and tie for my dad. Somehow I didn't mind examining every London beer stein and every London magnet in every single store while my friend looked ready...
...typical Harvard fashion, I set out to know it all. I studied up, I quizzed relatives, and I ventured into the city weekend after weekend in search of my hometown. It's been a long and arduous process--and a fun one. Exploring your own city like a tourist is a way to see it through fresh eyes and abandon the jadedness that creeps in after residing there for 20 years...
...development is great for U.S. tourists abroad; especially in Europe and Canada, they will need fewer dollars to buy a hotel room, a dinner, a bus ride or whatever. But it may also seem especially mystifying because America has been spilling more dollars abroad than pessimists feared. The U.S. deficit on current account, which measures all sorts of money flows--merchandise imports vs. exports, trade in services, tourist spending, investment flows--jumped more than 50% in 1999 to almost $339 billion. This year it seems headed higher still, to around $400 billion. In theory that creates an excessive supply...
...spraying them with water, grabbing at them, stripping off their clothing, fondling them, groping their genitals. The predators, numbering between 15 and 25, went after a honeymooning French couple, held back the husband while ripping all the clothes off the wife. Later they attacked and sexually abused a British tourist...
Harvard is Cambridge's largest landholder, wealthiest resident and biggest tourist draw. Cambridge provides an eclectic, exciting and safe environment for America's oldest university...