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Easier Rider, The Era Of Packaged Road Trips Has Arrived

LAUSANNE — “We struck off, heading for the horizon with a fever we thought could be cured by accumulating kilometers. But it just riled us up even more. Still, moving quenches something. It eases our melancholy at not having done anything with our lives, at having been born too early and having failed at everything. […]

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Food / Travel Society

Au Pair Or Indentured Servant? Globetrotting Babysitters Face Exploitation

Taking care of a stranger’s children in exchange for food and housing is a popular way to see the world, but many young women find themselves in tough situations.

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Society

Love Accessibly

A look at the German dating service created exclusively for people with disabilities.

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Society

Sheik Seeks Dozens Of Young Italian Women For European Vacation

They must look good and know how to…shop.

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Eyes on the U.S.

How The CIA Made Dupes Of Polish Intelligence

– Commentary – WARSAW — The Washington Post story was both scary and a bit comical: Polish intelligence received $15 million from the CIA to operate secret prisons — or “black sites” — and the money was supposedly delivered in two cardboard boxes. Hmmm. According to my calculations, the dimensions of the two boxes would […]

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Society

Dust Off That Resume! Even With The Internet, Nothing Beats A Good Ol’ CV

One million CVs. That is how many resumes L’Oréal receives, year in, year out, in the 130 countries where the cosmetic giant has offices. From “job dating” on social networks to the avatars on Second Life, there have been various attempts to kill off the CV, but it keeps on being reinvented. Trends have come […]

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