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That explains the fuss over the Olympic Committee's announcement. After years of having their progress go unrecognized by the rest of the country, Atlantans are excited about stepping into the spotlight. The games themselves will undoubtedly represent an economic boon to the region. But the real significance is validating what Atlanta has already achieved...
...savings-and-loan disaster may be a burden for taxpayers, but it's a boon for lawyers. The federal agency created to handle the sale of insolvent thrifts has set an annual budget for legal fees of $130 million. That's quadruple the cumulative $33 million it has spent on lawyers since its inception last year...
...lies 68 miles east of San Diego. Leaders of the community of 250 people are negotiating with a waste-disposal company to build a landfill and recycling plant that would be fed up to 3,000 tons of garbage a day from San Diego County. This would be a boon for the county, which is running out of landfill. For the Indians, the project would bring jobs and "millions" in income, says tribal EPA chairman Michael Connelly-Misquish...
...While the battles on the playing fields took place between individual performers or teams, the organizations that financed athletes and the crowds that cheered them on tended to trumpet each victory as a triumph for an entire economic and political system and to mourn any defeat as a boon to an iniquitous empire. Sports officials on both sides exploited the conflict to raise funds. The political overtones helped motivate athletes. Says swimmer Rowdy Gaines, who won three Olympic gold medals: "I always found it helpful to have the Soviets around so I could psych myself up against an enemy...
Although a cash system would be a boon to those who choose to eat out more often, it could also improve meals for those who stay in the houses...