Word: lifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Where? Cambodia remains a puzzlement not only to Americans but to all concerned; one Soviet diplomat complained last week: "Who in hell knows what's really going on in Cambodia?" In neighboring Laos, the hard-pressed government forces regained some lost ground, providing themselves with a temporary psychological lift, but the strong Communist offensive showed no signs of collapse. Across the border in South Viet Nam, the fresh wave of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks sent U.S. battle deaths sharply up, probably to the worst level in eight months...
...resorts-Flaine, Avoriaz, Les Arcs and La Plagne -are located in the Savoie region; generally, the slopes they offer are every bit as formidable as the more famous runs at Kitzbühel and St. Moritz. Crisscrossed with the latest in téléphériques (cabin lifts), garlanded with heated swimming pools, bedecked with strobe-lighted discotheques, the swinging new French resorts have an allure of adventure and practicality all their own. How many ski resorts offer, as La Plagne does, four nightclubs and a Chinese restaurant? Where else can a skier strap on his skis...
...simply created rather than built around existing towns, the promoters have been able to avoid becoming entangled in the confusing web of village politics and expropriation laws. Finally, they were able to install the most modern equipment and are not, like most U.S. and European resorts, plagued by inadequate lift facilities...
...hotel and apartment interiors, however, are elegantly decorated, with heavy emphasis on Knoll and Herman Miller furniture. One of the highlights of the main complex of buildings is a combination restaurant, coffee shop and discothèque, done in Plexiglas and effectively brightened by blue lacquer paint. The lift station houses a giant téléphérique (capacity: 60); in all, there are ten lifts and 35 miles of well-balanced runs...
Politically, you're going to see many more black elected city officials. Baltimore could have a black mayor. So could Detroit, Newark, Los Angeles and Kansas City. We're coming into politics the same way the Irish did. The Irish used politics to lift themselves up as a group, controlling New York at one time, Boston at another. Now, the city itself is just not a healthy animal any more. So we are taking it over at a time when no one wants it. We are seizing on a dead horse. At best it is a mixed blessing...