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...million-a-year campaign to "market" the city. Civic leaders led by Mayor Tom Bradley have stepped up their travel abroad to promote the Los Angeles area's position as the country's busiest port, second largest financial center (after New York City) and gateway to the Pacific Rim. Mainly, though, L.A.'s boosters are counting on the very factor that makes the city an object of scorn: the expansive growth that makes it possible for businesses to thrive...
...Times, each tailored to local audiences by an on-site staff. While publisher Laventhol says he has no intention of ceding these outposts to entrenched regional and local newspapers, the Times has shelved ambitious plans to extend its reach into Northern California, the Northwest and, eventually, the Pacific Rim...
Though the concessions in 80% of the parks are mom-and-pop operations, the Yosemite company is not the only Park Service contractor reaping hefty revenues. TW Recreational Services rang up $49 million at Yellowstone in 1989, and Amfac Resorts, which runs the south rim of the Grand Canyon, pulled in $23 million. Such firms contend that their size and financial strength have helped to make the parks more attractive places...
...Paradigm: Vaclav Havel, Cable News Network, information, fax machines, computers, Sam Nunn, the new Germany, pluralism, democracy, F.W. de Klerk, unsentimental ruthlessness, William Safire, the Pacific Rim...
With 6:28 remaining in the already-decidedgame, Miner picked up a loose ball and drove thebaseline for an apparent crowd-pleasing dunk. ButMiner found nothing but back rim, propelling theball well above the Long Beach Arena court...