Word: meccas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...children still have a conservatively estimated $15 billion in cash, shares, corporate assets, real estate, jewelry and fine art. The treasure was accumulated over three decades from a skein of companies and monopolies dominating vast sectors of the country's economic activity--from oil exports to incoming Mecca pilgrims--and from the Suhartos' interests in some 13,900 sq. mi. of Indonesian property, an area the size of Belgium...
...industry is already lukewarm at best. The reason: Gambling expansion has slowed in recent years. The public is losing interest, lottery ticket sales are flat for the first time in three decades, and expansion was a nonstarter in several state ballot boxes last November. Even the gambling mecca itself, Las Vegas, is trying to remake itself as a "family" destination. One area where analysts are still bullish: Indian casinos. The success of the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Casinos in Connecticut has Merrill Lynch calling the state "the hottest gambling market in the country." But attempts by the federal government...
...Cambridge is truly a Mecca. Flavors are divine and mind-rocking. Textures are gooey and velvety. Toppings are endless...
Cambridge is truly a Mecca. Flavors are divine and mindrocking. Textures are gooey and velvety. Toppings are endless...
...Harvard Information Booth, Holyoke Center's tourist mecca...