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Europe, of course, is not the only beneficiary of American savings accounts. Mexico, thanks to the devalued peso, is still attracting record numbers of tourists; at resorts from Cancun to Acapulco, many of the hotels are booked solidly through summer at bargain rates. One of the top tourist attractions this summer is Jamaica, stable again after several years of political turmoil. Israel, with diversified activities ranging from inner-tubing down the Hatsbani River to skindiving at Elath, expects more than 300,000 American vacationers, of whom only 50% are Jewish. India is cashing in on its recent film fame with...
...later became an energetic booster for Mexican tourism; of a heart attack; in Mexico City. The son of a revolutionary general who helped topple Dictator Porfirio Diaz in 1911, Aleman ran a regime noted for widespread corruption and came away from office a multimillionaire with extensive land holdings in Acapulco...
Anna's responses: 1. No answer (Unutia); 2. Uncleanlinese (Neatness); 3. No favorite show (Quincy); 4. Own a Florida condominium (Retire in South); 5. Spain (Acapulco...
...learned even more about perseverance by watching the watchers of the royals. "The Fleet Street reporters and photographers are a breed unto themselves," she reports, "devilishly competitive, clever and professional. The chase and the 'hit' [scoop] get their blood up." Cronin, who journeyed from Buckingham Palace to Acapulco last week in pursuit of the royal family, finds her fellow reporters' zeal, if not their perfervid imaginations, infectious. Says she: "I felt myself wanting a fast car with a two-way radio so that I could join the global game of royal-watching, careening over icy alpine roads...
...buttoned-up English protocol of proper dress. Bare-bellied American and Canadian tourists in bathing suits and bikinis, their well-smeared bodies glistening in the sun and 85° heat, shouted as the royal pair, accompanied by Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, motored by en route to Acapulco. President De la Madrid was gracious and warm, and in their respective remarks, both the Queen and the President agreed to let bygones of the Falklands war be bygones...