Information on Cruises to the Mediterranean: 13 October 2005

A professor, author, and cook finds the other side of the island
By early October, Jessica Harris has usually shut down her cottage here and headed for one of two other homes: a brick row house in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant or an 1850s Creole cottage in New Orleans's Marigny neighborhood. Though her New Orleans residence did not flood, she says, ''My heart is broken right now. It's my survivor's guilt. ...
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Come Sail Away
Once, I was a queen... I parked my fat white ass in a deck chair while impoverished brown people from Third World countries scurried around to satisfy my every whim. Caviar? Champagne? I had only to waggle a pinkie.
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Symphony of Soul
Leslie Hyland is an Austinite now, but for years, she was a struggling singer, actress and model in Los Angeles. Hyland always wanted to use her talents to help other people.
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Jewish history is theme of Crystal cruise
Innovation in the cruise industry isn't just about ship design.
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