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conversations.value: a description for a book titled The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life about Travel, amp, Leisure with the genre: Travel, Reference
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conversations.value: the author is the author of 13 travel and self-help books, as well as numerous articles for such publications as Travel &amp; Leisure, Outside, Modern Maturity, New Age Journal, Scientific American Explorations, Snow Country, the Washington Post, and many others. She is also the midwestern stringer for People magazine and writes a travel column called "Now, Where Was I?" She lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
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  Founded in 1971, Earthwatch has supported more than 1,300 field research projects in 119 countries. These projects, run by respected members of the scientific community, have addressed problems ranging from public health to declining biodiversity.5 million upward to 6 million. A decade-long botanical study in the highland forests of western Cameroon uncovered 50 new endemic plant species.
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conversations.value: Add another sentence about Earthwatch-supported, Peruvian, Earthwatch-supported, revised.
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  Founded in 1971, Earthwatch has supported more than 1,300 field research projects in 119 countries. These projects, run by respected members of the scientific community, have addressed problems ranging from public health to declining biodiversity. Earthwatch-supported work in the Peruvian rain forest canopy, for example, revised estimates for the total number of insect species from 1. 5 million upward to 6 million. A decade-long botanical study in the highland forests of western Cameroon uncovered 50 new endemic plant species.
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conversations.value: three more paragraphs. End with the sentence ' You'll attend workshops and seminars given by such Washington players as Karen Tumulty, Time magazine's White House correspondent; Brian Lamb, CEO of C-Span; James Woolsey, the former director of the CIA; and Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball.'.
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conversations.value: Institute of Noetic Sciences, 101 San Antonio Road, Petaluma, CA 94952, 707-775-3500, www.noetic.org.
  Close Up, a Virginia-based nonprofit, was started in 1971 by Stephen Janger to give young Americans a sense of direction and of purpose. At the time, he was organizing tours of Europe for high school students, and he noticed that a lot of his young charges were against the "establishment," but that they had no real idea of what the establishment was or how it really worked. He decided to show middle school and high school students that the "system" they were railing against did accept input and that change could happen if they simply understood the inner workings of politics and took the time to get involved.
  The Close Up Foundation added weeklong adult programs in civics education in 1984. On one of these programs, you'll learn not only how public policy impacts every facet of your life, but also how, by getting involved, you can have a say and actually make a difference. Through seminars, tours, and daily briefings, you'll learn your rights as a citizen as well as your responsibilities. Not only will you tour all the most famous Washington landmarks on this trip, but you'll also meet face to face with Washington insiders, get a behind-the-scenes peek at Capitol Hill, and observe sessions of Congress and the Supreme Court. You'll attend workshops and seminars given by such Washington players as Karen Tumulty, Time magazine's White House correspondent; Brian Lamb, CEO of C-Span; James Woolsey, the former director of the CIA; and Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball.
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conversations.value: The Queen Mary 2, christened by no less than the Queen of England herself, has been described as larger than life. Here's why:
  Cunard Line, which owns and operates the Queen Mary 2, has been in the cruise-ship business since 1840, when it began offering the first timetable passenger service across the Atlantic. Over the years, its fleet contained RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the survivors of the ill-fated Titanic, and the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth, which between them carried more than 1.5 million troops during World War II.
  Prices range from $699 for a four-day cruise in a standard room to $185,905 for a round-the-world cruise in a 2,249-square-foot suite with a two-story glass wall overlooking the ocean. Spa appointments are extra and can be scheduled in advance.