San Francisco (United) and San Diego (US Airways) will be added to the destination board, and Los Angeles (American) and Salt Lake City (Delta) will each get a new round trip.

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Iranian, Syrian, Lebanese-Hizbullah and Palestinian terror personnel then board the plane to its final destination in Caracas.

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Trudging through the snow, they make their way down the Korean peninsula to the south coast, perhaps to Pusan itself, where they board a boat for their final destination.

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Once passengers are on board, the long-haul destination produces an instant camaraderie, and people begin to gather in the lounge car in an interesting cross-section that ranges from a beaming American family, heading for a wet week of ancestor-hunting, to a half-mooned lawyer type with a share in a Highland estate.

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Although airfares are still expensive (due largely to high fuel costs), once you reach your destination, local prices will be lower across the board than they have been in the past.

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The navy spokesman said the boat had been adrift for 10 days, but it was unclear where those on board had started their journey from or what their destination was.

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Eventually, in 1981, the Irish Film Board was founded by the government to both promote both the national film industry and Ireland as a destination for on-location shooting.

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