Word: souvenirs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plans for the park fell through, and Abe was left in the middle of nowhere. On an average day, about 50 tourists would visit the statue and buy souvenir postcards and trinkets. At night, vandals frequently showed up with paint, rifles and shotguns. Soon Abe was ugly and pockmarked...
...initial beneficiaries are the bigtime airlines, travel agencies, hotel and motel chains and their restaurants. But as the tourists travel within the U.S., they deal more with small businesses and entrepreneurs: Mom and Pop diners, souvenir shops, camping guides, local gas stations. Foreign spending can be a bonanza. Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel, a rococo relic of past prestige, came back from the brink of bankruptcy by becoming a mecca for overseas tourists who still associate it with glamour and bathing beauties. Tony Alonzo, a Cuban refugee who opened a small store in Miami in 1965, has built...
...since I couldn't get a reservation at the Vista Mar Hotel, and Uncle Benny wouldn't let us stay in his condominium, I don't know where you can find me next week for further suggestions about "What to do in Florida." Don't forget to buy a souvenir coconut...
...movie centers on Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda), the wife of a volatile Marine captain (Bruce Dern) who goes off to Viet Nam determined to bring back a Communist machine gun as a souvenir. Sally had been a typically docile service housewife, living in a ticky-tacky base apartment, but her husband's absence forces her to change her ways. She takes up volunteer work at the base hospital, makes new friends and asserts her independence by renting a beach bungalow and buying a sports car. More daring still, she falls in love with Luke Martin (Jon Voight), a bitter...
...couple of weddings are performed under the big cypress tree down by the creek-if the bride and groom can find their way to town, that is. The last known road sign to Luckenbach, one posted about five miles out on the highway, was carried off by a souvenir hunter...