Word: nostalgia
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...original Queen Mary, 113 ft. shorter than QM2, is now a floating hotel in Long Beach, Calif. The QM2 has some of the old ship's glamour--and, with a nod to nostalgia, one of its whistles. But the focus is catering to modern taste: the QM2 offers the only planetarium at sea, the largest dance floor afloat, education-lite courses by Oxford professors and a luxurious 20,000-sq.-ft. spa run by the upscale Canyon Ranch chain. Cabins are comparatively roomy, and three-quarters of them have balconies. Some observers on the preliminary tour complained that the furniture...
Talk about reinstating the draft is more about nostalgia for a time when military service was perceived to be a near universal and often beneficial rite of passage for young men in our country than it is about keeping our military at full strength. Given the success of the all-volunteer force in manning today's smaller and more highly skilled military, a return to a large, general draft is neither necessary nor desirable for maintaining U.S. military effectiveness...
...billion-a-year tourism industry that accounts for 41% of the country's hard-currency reserves. The annual tally of visitors has quintupled in the past decade, to 1.9 million. The island, roughly the size of Florida, has 11 international airports. With its appeal to mambo-era nostalgia and its pristine scuba-diving sites, Cuba was voted the best destination in the Caribbean by readers of Travel & Leisure magazine this year. Castro's dictatorship isn't exactly the stuff of tourist brochures, but the torrid cold war history shared by Cuba and the U.S. may be part of the attraction...
...youth of Bishkek show little nostalgia for their country's Soviet past. Their yearning for something new is palpable on the streets-in nightclubs such as Soho, Zeppellin or City-and in the old Soviet-style theaters, which nowadays screen DVDs of American B movies. Although it's a predominantly Muslim country, Western-style scanty dress can be seen everywhere...
...troops from the newly opened Russian air base a few score kilometers away as they drink and dance to hard-core Russian techno. And in Fatboys, a popular café, men in suits and dark glasses talk about the region's geopolitical significance. The youth of Bishkek show little nostalgia for their country's Soviet past. Their yearning for something new is palpable on the streets - in nightclubs such as Soho, Zeppelin or City - and in the old Soviet-style theaters, which nowadays screen dvds of American B movies. Although it's a predominantly Muslim country, Western-style scanty dress...