Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...issue is a building which has been for 250 years, 50 years before George Washington lived across the street," Thiel said. "It's like taking Central Park out of Manhattan...
...about 15 students focused on U.S. foreign policy-making. As a history concentrator with a focus in international relations, I was excited to meet other students who were interested in similar fields. Our roundtable was geographically as well as ethnically diverse; schools participating included the University of Maryland-College Park, St. Bonaventure University, Berry College, University of California-Davis, MIT and the University of Pittsburgh, to name...
...early Christmas morning, as good Christian girls and boys across the land were tiptoeing down staircases, discovering presents nestled under decorated trees, we were tearing up highway five. The roads were as empty as expected, but when we arrived at the park, it was surprisingly busy. Walking down Main Street U.S.A., one felt transported to a small town of America's past, only this one was much, much more crowded. "Disneyland, Population 300,000,000" a suspicious sign read. Was this a ballpark guess of how many people squeeze inside the park each day? Or a cryptic suggestion...
Christmas Eve Day and Christmas Day are two of the park's busiest days, she explained...
...about the counter-intuitive factoid, she was off, serving the throngs of hungry visitors. Eventually I found myself talking to Steven, a young employee at one of the Main Street stores. He agreed with Heather's assessment, but was at a loss when I suggested the park's Christmas popularity a bit odd. He, for one, had no problem working on Christmas. And by the way, just in case I was interested, wages started at $7.04 an hour. "It's really a lot of fun," Steven explained, sounding like one of those infomercial hosts, "I love it here...