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QUICK AND DIRTY DOESN'T ALWAYS PAY. Nearly every travel site has a five-second, fill-in-the-blank form on its home page. And such sites as priceline.com and newcomer hotwire.com make it easy to find cut rates not offered elsewhere. With those services, though, you don't even know your exact route or departure time until after you commit to a nonrefundable ticket. If you are flexible about the date you want to travel, dig deeper, and you'll do better. On Expedia, click instead on the FareCalendar or the "build your own flight" option for the best...
...Soul Mountain in the original, she presents it in a strange and often irksome form of English. Run-on sentences sprawl: "I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I'd still be waiting to get cremated." Redundancies abound: "The tall buildings and large courtyard with a watchtower must once have been the residence of a rich and powerful family at one time"; "I have a foreboding premonition." Some usages defy explanation: "Many pretty young girls have...
...more election-day predictions, please! I hope the mess that resulted will make the television networks give up their senseless quest to be the first to say who won [ELECTION 2000, Nov. 20]. There's really no reason everyone can't wait until all the votes are counted. KAY GLEASON Athol, Mass...
...need for more foster and adoptive homes to accommodate the number of children unable to be cared for in their own homes. Opening one's home and heart to a foster child is one of the most important civic duties a person can perform. You missed an opportunity to make things better. WILLIAM WALDMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR American Public Human Services Association Washington...
...Canadians, who have always been sensitive about being ignored by the American press, managed to schedule a national election during a period in which Americans are so absorbed with the vote counting in Florida that the President of the U.S. could barely make the front page with a visit to Vietnam. Not to worry, Canadians, I was paying attention. Although the reputation Canadians have for being orderly must irritate them almost as much as having their country ignored, it is my duty to report that they had no trouble figuring out who won. I discovered while perusing the Globe...