Word: boom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Windy conditions again created victims. Among them were Trinity College of Hartford, Conn., whose coxless four hit a boom and stopped rowing in the Visitors' Cup, and was eventually beaten by three lengths by University of London "B" crew...
WILDLIFE by Richard Ford (Atlantic Monthly Press; $18.95). A novel about a 16- year-old boy's coming of age in Montana during the 1960s, a time of oil boom and family disintegration, but also a time to begin understanding the world of grownups by observing their passions -- and mistakes...
...overstuffed newsstands of the '80s told the story at a glance: the fast- money decade spawned a prodigious magazine boom, with titles crammed three deep into every trendy market niche. Some 2,800 new magazines flew off the presses in the past decade, 584 in the past year alone. Foreign media barons opened their wallets wide, and American entrepreneurs -- from Hartz Mountain pet-food magnate Leonard Stern to Frances Lear (ex-wife of TV producer Norman) -- rushed into the circulation game...
Ironically, legalized betting in Atlantic City, where casinos first opened in 1978, has helped fuel the Las Vegas boom. "Atlantic City has created more opportunity for people to gamble," notes Rob Powers, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. "Now when people on the East Coast want to see something more than a few casinos and a boardwalk, they come to Las Vegas...
...Vegas the recent burst of construction has aroused fears that overbuilding could turn the city's boom to bust. Gaming experts point out that such mega-resorts as the Mirage and Excalibur have attracted gamblers away from the older casinos, where wagering has slowed. But many Wall Street analysts believe Las Vegas will easily absorb the new hotels. Says Paine Webber's Lee Isgur: "Basically, Las Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world. As they put in more resorts, more people will use Las Vegas as a vacation spot." That could prove particularly true now that gamblers from Japan...