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Word: expo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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With its forest of steel masts, miles of cable rigging and giant, sail-shaped glass roof, the new aquarium that opened in Lisbon last week looks like a futuristic ship preparing for exploration. That's as it should be: The aquarium, the largest in Europe, is the centerpiece of Expo '98, a world's fair dedicated to "The Oceans" and timed to celebrate Vasco da Gama's historic voyage from Lisbon to India--via the Cape of Good Hope--500 years ago. But Lisbon's newest tourist attraction is also a symbol of a growing public interest in underwater zoos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Aquariums | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

With children ages 3 to 12 the fastest-growing slice of the software market, it's no wonder so many kids' titles are previewing at this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Atlanta. A digital Elmo teaches pre-schoolers their ABC's and 1-2-3's in two of the first "edutainment" titles for the Sony PlayStation. And move over, Quicken: a Beanie Babies CD-ROM helps kids track their cuddly assets and guides them to some online trading sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Jun. 1, 1998 | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...aseball. Apple pie. The bald eagle. From April 27 to 29, the Bayside Expo Center. Yes, nothing says America like 270,000 square feet of leather-wearing, gas-guzzling, beef-jerky-eating motorcycle show. From the deerskin bustiers to the evangelistic "Riders for Christ," the Great American Motorcycle Show makes you want to put on that American flag do-rag and sing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Any red-blooded American should be proud to shell out their eight dollars to see the latest in Japanese motorcycle technology...

Author: By Richard D. Ma, | Title: It's a Chopper, Baby | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...years after the move, Winfrey had secured a position as a music teacher, composed the piece "Let's Build A City" for the Boston Expo, and had been offered the directorial position of a fledging musical group at Harvard--the Kuumba Singers...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kuumba Director Winfrey Devotes 25 Years to Harvard Music, Community | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

Abder said she will act to strengthen the Women's Coalition, a forum for all women's groups on campus, and she will work to expand the Women's Expo to include suggestions from other women's groups on campus as well...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: RUS Elects Officers | 12/16/1997 | See Source »

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