So despite research documenting the health and productivity benefits of taking time off, a long vacation can be undesirable, scary, unrealistic or just plain impossible for many U.S. workers.
"The first thing is going to be a long vacation, I have been going non-stop for eight years and the Katrina experience was just something that I need a break for, " he said.
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Deferrals were attractive when the economy was stronger, allowing students to pursue a new business venture or take a long vacation, but the current outlook probably makes a year off less appealing to many, said Graham Richmond, co-founder of the admissions consulting firm Clear Admit.
He was tanned and rested from a long summer vacation, thrilled to be spending more time with his family and eager to start reaping the greener pastures of the private sector after leaving the White House in July.
These parks attract folks who want to take their kids on outings that offer entertainment and a bit of education--without having to plan a days-long vacation.
On a month-long vacation to India in mid-2006, he started to work on his own business plan for SMS mobile search, and persuaded angel investors Sasha Mirchandani and Prashant Choksey to back him.
On the way to work one day, she passes a newsstand and grabs a copy of Tweak It, Make What Matters to You Happen Every Day, Wife Goes On, and then takes a long overdue solo vacation to Sedona and falls asleep under the stars holding Dare to Dream.
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It seems his former mistress, a woman by the name of YaVaughnie Wilkins put up billboards in New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta, as well as a Web site complete with vacation photos and love notes that reveal a long-running relationship.
Glacier was quickly inundated with visitors whose vacation dollars went a long way to helping Hill pay back his hefty business loans in an era when most railroad companies were going bust.
In the back of our minds, always, was the question of how we would ever make it out in time to make a flight to Hawaii for a long-scheduled family reunion and vacation.
Mathai testified earlier that she slept in a closet, worked long days without vacation, days off or sick time and wasn't allowed to leave the property, a palatial stone mansion on a cliff overlooking the Mohawk River.
It is also very safe, family friendly, quaint and private, and this has long made it a top summer vacation choice for the very wealthy, especially since real estate prices on Nantucket favor millionaires and billionaires, and it is one of the most expensive vacation communities in the country in which to buy a home.
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We buy a sofa instead of a ski trip, not taking into account that we will get used to the sofa very quickly and that it will stop being a source of happiness, while the vacation will likely stay in our minds for a long time.
On the sidewalk during the long vacation months we played a new game called "I Declare War, " using a cheap rubber ball and a piece of chalk.
But the long summer vacation acts like a mental eraser, with the average child reportedly forgetting about a month's-worth of instruction in many subjects and almost three times that in mathematics.
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One overlooked alternative is a study-abroad vacation, which is as suitable for long-term university students as for families trying to fill a couple weeks in August.
My judgment as a media critic is that Bush's long vacation is one more example of the kind of misstep that his propaganda team keeps making.
The Rice Mill Lofts, a riverfront apartment complex that Cummings plans to turn into a hub for creative-types looking for long-term vacation stays in New Orleans, was built in 2011 using reclaimed wood from the Mississippi River and is decorated with graffiti leftover from when the building sat vacant after Katrina.
With school on the verge of letting out for Christmas vacation, The Princess and the Frog should have a long run at the box office.
Once a posh vacation stretch turned seedy and rundown, Hawaii's capital is now enjoying a long overdue renaissance.
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