Word: disney
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...January 1985, after California's pension funds had taken a drubbing in the wake of Disney and Texaco greenmail payouts, Unruh persuaded managers from across the country to fight for better protection for their investments. Council members now include representatives of huge funds in California, Kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York City...
Many U.S. holidaymakers are hurriedly lining up presumably safer summer excursions, including Caribbean cruises and even charter tours to Moscow. But above all, Americans this year are deciding that they would rather take in the splendors of their own land, on motor-home jaunts to Disney World, camping trips to U.S. national parks, and surfing safaris to Hawaii. The travel industry expects a jump of 10% or more in domestic bookings this year. Says Harold Van Sumeren, president of the Chamber of Commerce in Traverse City, Mich., a boating and camping mecca: "We're really anticipating one of the biggest...
Number of people Crimson Travel sends on its most popular package trip to Disney World in a year...
...what customers now think about most when they enter a showroom. Whatever models consumers choose to buy, they may spend more time behind the wheel because of cheap gas. Economists expect to see an increase in cross-country driving this summer, which will benefit businesses around vacation spots from Disney World to the Grand Canyon...
Massada offers other exciting possibilities. The famous battle scene could be redone as Frontierland, a current Disney favorite. Here, one could take part in gunfights with those black hatted Romans--a sort of biblical O.K. Corral...