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SEOUL—The government here is cracking down on vacations: Workers, it seems, aren't taking enough of them. South Koreans were told for decades to sacrifice everything to build the country's economy. Now South Koreans are world-champion workaholics, according to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, logging more hours a year on the job than people in any other developed country. The government is trying to change that. The ministry in charge of government personnel issued a directive in January requiring the country's one million state workers to submit to their bosses a plan to take 16 days off this year....
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First of all, I want to sincerely thanks all of our Freeper friends who responded back in mid December for ideas of what to see on our Germany-Austria vacation. Our plans evolved a bit, but we were able to take in some sights, many of which were recommended by you folks here.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Airports are often the scene of emotional moments, but few could top the reunion that took place Sunday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. "I'm happy they're here," Ashley Thill said while holding back tears. "But I could have lost my parents." Her parents, Al and Susan Thill, were making their annual drive from western Wisconsin to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico last week. But they didn't get past northern Mexico. While driving through the north-central Mexican state of Durango on New Years Eve, the Thills said they were chased, first by one car that eventually disappeared, then by another car....
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HONOLULU – President Barack Obama ended a Hawaiian vacation to return Monday to the Washington he never really escaped.
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The Washington Post says, "Even though it was called a vacation, the trip to Obama's childhood home was hardly the holiday most Americans seek." My three questions to you are: 1) How many days long was your last vacation? 2) How long ago was it? 3) Did you contact your work while gone?
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Washington (CNN) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kicked off her Christmas vacation Tuesday with some secret holiday diplomacy, the State Department said Friday. On the way to her home in New York from Washington, Assistant Secretary PJ Crowley told reporters Clinton stopped at the North Pole "for an important bilateral meeting with a well-known international figure." Crowley declined to say who the meeting was with, but a senior State Department official told CNN the tete-a-tete was with none other than the leader the North Pole himself, Santa Claus. "During the meeting, in a formal de marche, sung to the...
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