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Contrariness over the trade issue reached a peak on Oct. 25, during the second of two nationally televised debates between the party leaders. In that confrontation, and throughout the 26 remaining days of the campaign, Turner described Mulroney as a man willing to "sell out" Canada and reduce the country to an "economic colony...
...anymore. For many Americans, each summer holiday reaffirms that traveling during peak season is increasingly a flawed experience. Too often it means paying more and seeing less, fighting crowds and missing any sense of a country's way of life. Having sweltered through Athens in August and endured Britain's roads in July, tourists are finally realizing why the first mark of seasoned travelers is the season in which they travel...
...peak vacation is a fable of compromises and calculations. On the one hand, there are bargains everywhere: Pan Am has a $398 round trip to London; Alitalia offers five nights in Rome for $99. On average, hotel and air-travel prices can be as much as 30% lower off-season. The trade-off, of course, comes in weather that ranges from unpredictable to appalling. While some resort towns remain mild well into the fall, northern cities turn gray and damp, and a visit requires a victory of mind over weather. The great galleries and cathedrals are often hushed and wonderfully...
Winter travelers also cheerfully trade economy for convenience, since hotel rooms are often cheaper, but they may be harder to find as well. In regions thick with monuments, such as France's Loire valley, many hoteliers close in the off-season because they work so hard during the peak. In Italy winter travelers may find themselves staying in smaller towns or private homes, at a vineyard, a farm, in flavorful places where the local economy survives without a constant stream of tour buses. For those seeking greater amenities, the grand hotels rarely shut and are more likely to have...
...only other bright spot for Harvard was thereturn of Co-Captain Neil Phillips, who was backin uniform after recovering from football season.Although he was clearly not in peak form--shooting2-for-6 from the field--Phillips displayed flashesof the kind of exciting play that earned him aspot on the All-Ivy second team last year...