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| June 01, 2001 | MEHALIC, JESSICA | COPYRIGHT 2001 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Whisper something exotic and erotic in your man's ear, like "Deseo ser travieso con usted toda la noche de largo" (Spanish for "I want to be naughty with you all night long"). You can be a bilingual babe by visiting the language translator at world.altavista.com/tr. Simply plug in an English phrase, ...

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