Word: cosmopolitanization
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Meanwhile, the hacendados (estate owners), who once were undisputed masters of million-acre game preserves and cattle ranches, have been displaced from the top of the social pyramid by a new elite of rich cosmopolitan entrepreneurs and a growing middle class. Mexico City's Bernardo Quintana, for example, built the capital's famous subway system and now handles construction projects all over Latin America. Another highly successful family is that of Garza Sadas of Monterrey, whose investments in tourism and Grupo Industrial Alfa, an industrial conglomerate, are estimated to be worth $1 billion...
...greatest public attraction is the piazza named Robson Square, after 19th century British Columbia Premier John Robson. A summer mecca for alfresco lunchers and outdoor shows by dance and theater groups, the square has two indoor theaters, three restaurants, a cosmopolitan food fair, an exhibition hall and an outdoor ice-or roller-skating rink. From the eastern end of the square, zigzagging tiers of steps lead through a sylvan setting to the government office building, which has rooftop pools and waterfalls tumbling over large picture windows. The building's 127,000 sq. ft. of open office space (for only...
...tenor spends a month with his family in a converted farmhouse overlooking the Adriatic in Pesaro. Here, after eleven hectic months as a public performer, he can be a private man, an Italian papa. After a whirl of cosmopolitan continent-hopping, he can return to his cultural roots...
...long lines, and only secondarily for its ice cream. For the adventurous, there is Game Time, a classic pinball parlor that Cambridge cops and politicians have tried several times to close down. There's also a Sears, Roebuck, a haven of middle-Americana only a mile away from the cosmopolitan--and expensive--Harvard Square. And from Porter Square all the way out to Fresh Pond at the far end of the city, Mass Ave is lined with stores and restaurants, many--like Vic's Eggs on One or the Newtowne Grille--offering the solid, if greasy, fare that you have...
...most popular brand in the U.S. is Perrier, a French import that comes in an elegant tear-shaped green bottle. Says Patrick Terrail, owner of Ma Maison in Los Angeles: "Perrier has become a cocktail in its own right." For the thirsty cosmopolitan there are also Contrexéville and Evian waters, the two bestsellers in France, West Germany's preferred Apollinaris and Gerolsteiner Sprudel, and Ferrarelle, one of Italy's favorites...