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Welcome to the Mile-High Club Our flying correspondent relates some true tales of sex in the skies.
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[09/21/99]
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In the family way As a new anthology shows, traveling en famille delivers its own lessons and rewards; you just have to use a different map.
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Vagabonding

Shopping for futures Our wandering correspondent toys with fate in South Korea.
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[09/14/99]
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Get thee to a nunnery Our travel expert offers advice on convent and church accommodations in Poland, trips to Baja and finding that perfect hotel/Broadway package in New York.
By Donald D. Groff
[10/07/99]

Friday, Oct. 8, 1999

Arabian nighties Among Egypt's minarets and mosques, covered women buy a ton of teddies.
By Susan Hack [10/08/99]

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Ivory Tower: Nerds with cards Mensa is overhauling its brainiac image -- with a guide to gambling. Are its oft-mocked geniuses getting wise to the art of fun?
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The perils of the harem Beguiled by beauties in negligées, a Peace Corps volunteer stumbles into a romantic misadventure in Marrakech.
By Jeffrey Tayler [07/09/99]
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