Word: quests
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their quest for synthetic perfection, the cruise lines have created their own ports of call. Disney's Castaway Cay in the Bahamas features three beaches and a 12-acre snorkeling lagoon. At Coco Cay, Royal Caribbean's 140-acre island, aquamarine waters lap at the white sand beach, while snorkelers explore a 16th century sailing ship and a small plane that the company submerged to give divers a sense of adventure. Alas, what Royal Caribbean calls a controlled shore experience some others have labeled a limited amusement experience. "There's nothing here but some palm trees," complained LaDonne Herring...
...QUEST FOR CAMELOT (May 15). The Disney formula may have become predictable, but is it imitable? Warner Bros., with its first all-animated feature, hopes so. The film's troubled production history and its wan trailer suggest otherwise. The power-pop score and name-brand singers may make the CD a hit, leaving Camelot as its own ancillary marketing device...
Then, at 6 p.m., Dr. Bernie Steinberg will lead the final session of the Center for Jewish Learning's class on Israel at 50, which has been going on throughout the semester, where he will discuss "contemporary Jewish identity and the quest for spiritual identity," according to Hillel's schedule...
Some former Bradley aides, who remember how unfocused and adrift he seemed during his last years in the Senate, have become impatient with his to-run-or-not-to-run act. They don't believe his intellectual quest is leading anywhere. "Is he doing this to improve the nation," asks one, "or just to improve himself?" He reminds them of another bigfoot Democrat who seemed to regard himself as better than the process--Mario Cuomo, the longtime New York Governor, now a lawyer in private practice. Plenty has changed since Cuomo's big moment: Paul Tsongas and Ross Perot have...
Although Lloyd's quest can be fun reading, once again, reality has proved the master of fiction. Last week's humongous real-life deals might raise the unemployment rate in three or four cities while making the honchos filthy rich. That makes even Lloyd seem just a little too tame...