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How to beat jet lag

And enjoy your journey as well

A female person coming down the stairs of a plane with a suitcase. The stairs are very steep.
Illustration: Paul Blow

“You want to know the secret to surviving air travel?” the man sitting next to Bruce Willis on the plane asks in “Die Hard”, a film from 1988. “After you get to where you’re going, take off your shoes and your socks, then you walk around on the rug barefoot and make fists with your toes.”

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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Jet set”

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