Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Addressing a crowd of nearly 200 supporters at the Park Plaza Hotel last night with his fiancee, Jessica Hallowell, at his side, Roosevelt said the citizens of Massachusetts deserve more than Gov. William F. Weld '66 has offered them...
...opponents, the project moved ahead last Saturday when the expiring session of the Virginia general assembly approved a $163 million package of incentives for roads, highway signs, worker training and tourism promotion designed to entice embattled Disney to stay in the Old Dominion. Final victory for the innovative park project is sensed, but not yet in Disney's grasp. There are many memories of how one invader or another snatched defeat from the jaws of victory back when Robert E. Lee strode this countryside...
...what it demanded. Many legislators, while incensed, were still scared of losing such a potential cash cow. After months of wrangling, Virginia will give Disney the support structure it wants but will force the company to guarantee some of the debt servicing on the state-issued bonds if the park does not produce the tax bonanza Disney has projected...
Disney's America would also bring a daily horde of 30,000 visitors in 25,000 vehicles, swarming far beyond the Disney enclave to "destroy our battlefield," in the words of Annie Snyder, 72, feisty guardian of the meaning and mood of the national park established along the old Bull...
Many beyond the Disney inner circle harbor doubts about the idea of an honest history park. Can slavery, Civil War slaughter and the doleful fate of American Indians be blended with the traditional marvels of Disney entertainment that will also include Mickey, Minnie and the gang? "Serious fun," Disney chairman Michael Eisner calls it, and his experts rightly point to such a blend in Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. "This is not to be a Pollyanna view of America," insists Robert Weis, a principal Disney imagineer. "But we want people to leave the park feeling good about their country...