Word: travels
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...five-year larceny sentence back in Utah. He applied for a one-year deferment, claiming this time that he needed to care for his mother, whom he said was dying of leukemia in Switzerland. Evidently, Hogue's fictitious mother had risen from her Bolivian grave only to travel to Europe and contract cancer...
...opponents tell it, Ranasinghe Premadasa had some mental quirks. After his election as President in 1988, he increasingly likened himself to Sri Lanka's miracle-working Buddhist kings of old. Until recently, he also avoided overseas travel, reputedly after astrologers warned of his death should he leave the island. The precaution was in vain. Last Saturday, while officiating at a festive May Day parade in Colombo, the 68-year-old President of low-caste birth was blown to bits by a suicidal assassin laden with explosives. At least 15 bystanders were also killed in this latest outbreak of political violence...
...wrangle is bitter and shows no sign of resolution. The antis say the whole project has been needlessly rushed, leaving insufficient time for proper inspection of the condition of the works, for restoration and for prepping them to endure the stress of travel. "I believe that the whole schedule was worked around the National Gallery having an open date," says James Beck, an art-history professor at Columbia University who runs a group called ArtWatch International, formed in 1992 to monitor unwise treatment and abusive restoration of works of art of world significance. "It was really a kind of tragic...
...yesterday, Rudenstine reiterated that assessment, saying the discrepancies are largely explained by differences in travel and equipment costs...
...airline called SMOKERS EXPRESS that will allow passengers to smoke on all its flights. In fact, Smokers Express even intends to provide free cigarettes. The founders of the airline hope to get around the Federal Aviation Administration's in-flight smoking ban by making their carrier a travel club...