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Plus, expansion hasn't been the cure-all that civic officials have hoped for. Toronto and Montreal both got teams through expansion, and Canada stands divided between its English and French speaking parks (though this can't be blamed entirely on any Blue Jay Expo rivalry, because they play in different leagues...
What's dumber than hauling 85 tons of Antarctic ice halfway around the world to be showcased at Expo '92 in Seville? Hauling it back again. The Chileans are doing just that, thanks to environmentalists who railed against desecrating the frozen continent. Never mind that the theft left approximately 100 quadrillion tons of the stuff still intact; the ice is now in Valparaiso, soon to head south in an insulated container. Antarctica will be whole -- and the atmosphere will have to absorb an extra load of pollution, the by-product of fuel burned in shipping the berg back home...
...Spaniards protest too much? Many would argue that their situation is no worse than that in the rest of Europe, where the prosperous 1980s have evolved into the recessionary 1990s and the popularity of most governing parties is falling. But Spain's ruckus seems perversely timed: Expo has attracted about 7 million visitors in 10 weeks, Madrid is preening as this year's European Cultural Capital, and refurbished Barcelona is welcoming 7,000 members of the international media for the country's first Olympics. "It's good to be self- critical, " says Angel Luis Gonzalo, head of Spain's Expo...
...mood of the nation is impatient: Spain may be willing to celebrate how far it has come, but not without railing at how long lies the road ahead. Democracy and prosperity boosted expectations beyond what an Expo or an Olympics can satisfy. In Seville, the graffiti read EXPO '92: UNEMPLOYMENT '93. In Valencia, a large scrawl on a concrete wall declares NO MORE PROMISES. SOLUTIONS NOW! The time for fiestas may be running...