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The two Texases converge each year on the state fair, held for 16 days in October on permanent, 200-acre grounds in East Dallas. Inevitably, it is the largest fair in the nation, attracting more than 3,000,000 visitors this year. Moreover, it is unique as a monument to...
The state fair predates the Texas-O.U. rivalry by 14 years. Begun in 1886, the fair expanded to nearly its present size in 1936, the year of the Texas Centennial. While it has traditionally been a showcase for Texas chauvinism, the character of the fair has changed somewhat in...
Representatives from 69 states, including assorted sheikdoms, poured into Iran for the monumental Jash'n (celebration) marking the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great. Awaiting the guests on a dusty, windswept, 5,000-ft.-high plain next to the ruins of...
It was left to the imagination of the late Walt Disney and to the ingenuity of his staff, however, to surpass Disneyland-and last week they did. In the swamps and scrublands of Central Florida 20 miles southwest of Orlando, a $400 million. 27,500-acre enclave called Walt Disney...
Disney World's impact on its surroundings has been considerable. The resort's attorneys, operating undercover, bought their property in the early '60s for about $185 an acre-but up to $300,000 an acre has since been paid for locations close to Disney World's...