Needless to say, I booked tickets to Miami last night for an overdue winter vacation.

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For years we met in the summer, and during your inexplicably protracted winter vacation, we traveled together to strenuous places.

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The Nets were just 14-14 after a December slump, prompting Prokhorov, their billionaire Russian owner, to cut short a winter vacation and fire Johnson.

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Atlanta (CNN) -- First it was the start of winter vacation.

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The winter vacation rental that President Obama and his family have spent the last three holiday seasons occupying could be yours for a weekend, a week, even a month if you have the cash to throw down.

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Books about those on vacation have helped me get through the winter blues.

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In London, England, Pakistani envoy to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan countered the report, noting that winter redeployments are normal and that only police and not the army had their vacation canceled.

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