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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...
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...
...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...
...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...
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...