Word: attraction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vegas got a piece of the action. When choreographers found they could not attract all the dancers the show needed from California ranks, they had to reach out. They also had to appeal to patriotism because the pay for out-of-town dancers was only $500 plus free room and board for three weeks of rehearsals and the show itself. It was enough to lure Anna Kuni and her twin sister Kana, who perform as the Cherry Blossoms, Redd Foxx's opening act in Las Vegas, ending up clad in top hats and tails, period. In the Coliseum they...
Government authorities answer that they now screen all proposals for new factories near the capital and offer tax incentives for moves elsewhere, but that is clearly not enough. No corporation is eager to move to a remote outpost; until some do, there are no jobs to attract workers. That applies to the government too. "Why does Pemex (the national oil monopoly) have headquarters here when not a single barrel of oil is produced in Mexico City?" asks Pablo Emilio Madero, head of the opposition National Action Party. "The same
Since more highways attract more cars, the newer urban theories insist on mass transit. Mexico City's 69-mile French-built subway system, started in 1969 and still expanding, is a marvel: clean, fast, comfortable and almost free (a ride costs less than 10). But it carries 4 million riders a day, and at rush hours the crush is so intense that the authorities gallantly (or chauvinistically) reserve certain cars for women only...
...such as DiPrete hope to exploit television coverage. It's much easier to televise a stadium race than one on a three-mile track in the boondocks. Currently only one motocross event, the national outdoor championship in Carlsbad. California, is nationally televised. Promotoers say that for the sport to attract a wider audience, it must get more television exposure...
...four T V events a year," says Tom Mueller, a promoter for Wrangler Jeans, which sponsors a 15 race supercross series around the country. Wrangler sponsors the entire series and has put up $125,000 in prize money for the series championship, but Mueller says motocross needs to attract corporate sponsors for individual drivers and teams to get more attention. "We need team Burger King. We need team 7-11, to make this thing work...