Word: souveniring
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...moment, curiosity seekers at Euro Disneyland must confine themselves to a preview center, where displays and models of the coming attractions are on view, along with a brief promotional film. At the souvenir shop next door, a simple sweatshirt, silk-screened with a ring of European flags encircling Mickey Mouse's face, sells for $39. A fast-food restaurant specializes in Texas-style chili...
...reaction on the streets of the West Bank, Gaza and Jordan is defiant. "Maybe he lost the battle, but that doesn't mean he lost the war," said Faisal al Afghani, whose Amman souvenir shop sells miniature Scud missiles. "We haven't had a leader like Saddam since Saladin." Unable to digest Iraq's defeat, many sought refuge in elaborate rationalizations. "The surrender of Iraqi troops," declared Stawri Khayat, a 30-year-old linguist from Jerusalem, "was staged by the Zionist-controlled media...
Then what does that Grammy, a little gold-plated Gramophone on a pedestal, represent? A souvenir of a TV extravaganza. A talisman of mainstream commercial success. A bit of show-biz immortality that, since this is show biz, after all, is more tenuous and suspect than other varieties of eternal fame (anyone remember 1980's five-Grammy grand slammer Christopher Cross?). Sinead O'Connor is right: the Grammys probably do "respect mostly material gain." But in the words of a very prominent Grammy wanna-grab, we're living in a material world...
...between bouts at the gaming tables, Bennett would be treated to a free ringside seat at the championship fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Donny Lalonde. After Leonard won by a knockout, Bennett would receive the champ's satin dressing gown as a souvenir. He would golf with top hotel executives and tip waitresses with $100 gambling chips. His lavish suite would not cost him a dime...
...Dartmouth band and local Hanover High students--to get excited about. The crowd was so quiet that Harvard goalie Chuck Hughes' winy Boston accent echoed throughout the rink. It was so uninterested that when a puck flew into the crowd in the first period, nobody scrambled for the souvenir...