Word: aquarium
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...merely a new breed of mainland Chinese businessman--he's a member of the very first class, and one of its rising stars. His Richina Group, which didn't exist four years ago, has revenues of $270 million and 1,850 employees making leather, running a jazzy Beijing aquarium and turning out computer magazines. Yan, 34, is the driving force, and his megawattage borders on the nuclear. He works 100-hour weeks, flies only coach on business trips and flops on friends' couches to cut expenses...
...forget to go to the Aquarium...
What is a devil ray? We at Dartboard aren't quite sure, but the name reminds us of a New Jersey hockey player submerged somewhere in the New England Aquarium. They may be lovely fish, if they exist, but do we need to hear about them every night for six months on Sportscenter...
...cousins reign, and references to "pee-pee juice" and "stinky head" generate ongoing hysteria. We quickly adapted to most aspects of our temporary home: Cheerios, cheese sandwiches and jokes about excretory functions served us well. We watched Bambi, played hide-and-go-seek in the dark hallways of the aquarium and got to be veloceraptors in prehistoric playground battles. But ultimately, daily rituals like the ingenious game "rise-and-shine" (played prior to 7 a.m.) sent us packing...
With a recently designated historic park and a$126 million aquarium planned for the downtownarea, Furtado says New Bedford hopes to developtourism as its newest source of profit...