Word: parking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...planning J.J.'s safe return to the sea, Yip had another concern: pleasing upper management at Anheuser-Busch, which owns the four Sea World theme parks and promotes its beer on the premises. Yip, unaccustomed to the image business, felt the weight of corporate pressure "for everything to go right." Critics of Sea World, who argue that park officials could simply release their captive killer whales if they truly cared about freeing animals, contend J.J. was little more than a cetacean Spuds MacKenzie. "The J.J. event was purely driven by corporate image needs," says Susan Davis, author of the book...
...around 4:45 p.m., the last blue and white float drives out of sight, and the loyal crowd disperses. The park remains incredibly busy, though, and a youth attracts a number of parade-goers by drumming on a plastic can. Eventually, he hands the sticks off to a buddy sitting on a bench just behind their makeshift stage. Four young men take turns playing the cans, until a cop on horseback approaches. The policeman makes a signal with his hand that looks like he's cutting his throat. The drummers are suddenly silent, focusing their attention...
...four guys look at each other and grumble. Their audience turns and walks into the park or across the nearby intersection...
After his horse jumps a low, black chain fence, the policeman joins up with his partner on the grass, and the pair trots into the park. Having hoped to make some money, one drummer throws his empty tip bucket onto the pavement, glaring in the direction of the departing horses...
...uncertainty rather than consider it a problem. Rob F. Bittencourt '01 concurs, saying "it's convenient--you know you don't want to get into details. It's like kissing and telling, but it's really not." Although none are sure if the term is preferred nationwide, Jean C. Park '00 says about Harvard, "a lot of people here are very conservative--if you use ambiguous terms, it's like Choose Your Own Adventure TM." Attempting to once and for all clarify the term, Angelos M. Kottas '99 explains that "it could be anything from...whatever...to whatever...