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Dictionary - Places:Dictionary entries for famous places
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Dominican Republic:Travel and adventure guide
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Paris & Ile de France:Travel and adventure guide
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How do I get there? How do I phone there? What's the weather like? What time is it? What's to do? What's to see? What's to buy, and what do I buy it with?From Aachen to Zuider Zee, from the Dead Sea to Mount Everest: If you have an itch to travel — or just want to be a virtual explorer — our Travel entries will tell you how to get from here to there, and what to expect once you arrive.

The "Big Apple," the "City That Never Sleeps"—New York is a city of superlatives: America's biggest; its most exciting; its business and cultural capitals; the nation's trendsetter. The city seems to pull in the best and the brightest from every corner of the country. The city's ethnic flavor has been nuanced by decades of immigrants whose first glimpse of America was the Statue of Liberty guarding New York Harbor and by large expatriate communities such as the United Nations headquartered there. Just minutes from the multimillion-dollar two-bedroom co-op apartments of Park Avenue, though, lies some of the most dire urban poverty in America. But the attendant crime that affects New Yorkers and visitors alike has seen a continued dramatic reduction from 1993 to 2004—NYC has a murder rate half that of cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago, in part as the result of a concerted effort by local agencies. But for all its eight million residents, New York remains a city of neighborhoods, whether it's avant-garde Greenwich Village, bustling Harlem, the ultra-sophisticated TriBeCa, or one of the ethnic enclaves such as Little Italy or Chinatown. And a cleaner, brighter, safer New York is attracting people from around the world who are coming to enjoy the city's