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Word: metroplex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suburban movie-theater owners say that in a world of media choices, the bulked-up metroplex is the best way to keep customers coming. "People want a reason to leave home," says Dennis Kucherawy, vice president of corporate relations at Famous Players, a Viacom subsidiary that is building IMAX theaters in Canada. "We wanted to restore the excitement of the movie palace of the past. We are building the movie palace of the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imax Gets Bigger (By Getting Smaller) | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...suspect that steel rebar and concrete reinforcements are missing from the expressway and other public projects. The Japanese should turn their formidable energy to a great national purpose: survival of a superquake. The government must oversee the inspection and retrofit of all structures in the Tokyo-Yokohama metroplex. Time is short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters , Feb. 20, 1995 | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

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