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Copyright © 2002 by the author "It is an elegant mode of transportation, long, sleek, and very, very sexy." The speaker was a tall man, his dark brown hair and beard peppered with gray. Slim and muscular, he exuded confidence and self-assuredness. His Armani suit proclaimed him a man of substance, as did his choosing to ride the American-Orient Express, an expensive rail-cruise train. His assistant nodded. "Yes, Mr. Corbett, sir, it is a beautiful train," he agreed. "John, John,"...