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               Adam Starchild is an international business
          consultant and entrepreneur, with a variety of clients
          and activities in the tourism field.  
               He has written over a dozen published books and
          hundreds of magazine articles, primarily on
          international business and finance.  His travel
          articles have appeared in Newsday, International
          Living, and International Travel News.
          
          
