(THE BEACH BOYS - "ALL SUMMER LONG") However,for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

Leaving only a handful that survived. Flight Eleven and One Seventy-Five with the illegal medications that overdosed our population, led us to receive a leave of absence for an unnecessary vacation and we became addicts.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Many of them were on their way home for a vacation. Prayers were held in many parts of the country for the victims.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

On Tuesday,the head of the Moscow forestry department was fired hours after Mr.Medvedev criticized him for not coming home from his summer vacation.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

He spoke just before leaving for a family vacation in the Northeastern state of Maine.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

He acidly congratulated the mayor for his 'timely' return Sunday from a weeklong foreign vacation.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Video game company Electronic Arts, the U.S.Census Bureau and vacation rental company HomeAway are among those buying Super Bowl commercials for the first time in 2010.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

They are warmly welcomed in most places, because they are often retired couples who have money to spend, teachers with an entire summer available for travel, or well-behaved families on vacation.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01