Word: repeatability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Florida and Sea World was flat in 1998, at 8.9 million and 4.9 million, respectively. The economic slump overseas slashed tourism to Orlando. But experts wonder whether the whole theme-park business is maturing, as the children of U.S. baby boomers get older and hence reduce the number of repeat trips. "I just don't think it makes a lot of sense to build more theme parks in Orlando," says Alan Gould, a media analyst with Gerard Klauer Mattison. "They've reached the saturation point, and profits are going to come down...
...will host its first regional since 1991 and bid for a repeat College World Series championship. In 1998, the No. 14 Trojans used 23 hits and a ninth-inning grand slam by outfielder Jason Lane to dispatch Pac-10 rival Arizona State in a 21-14 slugfest...
...Repeat is sweet," as the saying goes, but making this maxim come true is a difficult task. The Radcliffe rugby team, national champions in 1998, learned this lesson the hard way, as the team failed to qualify for this year's national tournament...
...underground," such shows are just weak-wack. Typical rap artists either stand on stage with nothing entertaining to deliver except the mere presence of their stardom (e.g., Jay-Z), or they riddle their acts with gimmicky stage props or too many cohorts (e.g., Nas, Wu-Tang). Or they repeat their tracks with genuine energy, but without anything you couldn't find in their albums (e.g., almost every other act you know). Futhermore, the crowd is forever a 5,000-one male/female ratio, and if the show's not on a college campus (or sometimes even so), somebody's bound...
...what appears to be emerging as a neck-and-neck race for the men's javelin championship, sophomore Chris Clever will attempt to repeat his victory over Princeton's Rob Manning on Saturday...