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...matched visitors' lofty expectations. Hong Kong Disneyland has a mere 16 attractions?only one a classic Disney thrill ride, Space Mountain?compared to 52 at Disneyland Resort Paris. Meanwhile, management glitches involving everything from ticketing to employee relations have further tarnished the venture's image. In a recent survey conducted by Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 70% of the local residents polled said they had a more negative opinion of Disneyland since its opening. "Disney knows the theme-park business, but when it comes to understanding the Chinese guest, it's an entirely new ball game," says John Ap, an associate...
...birders may be in for a disappointment. Radar studies of annual migrations suggest that the number of birds winging along America's flyways may be down by nearly 50% over the past 30 years, and data from the U.S. Geological Survey's annual Breeding Bird Survey and the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count reflect a similar decline. Various reasons for the falloff have been proposed, but climate change caused by global warming is high on the list for many experts...
...Portion of Americans ages 18 to 24 who could not locate Iraq on a world map, according to a survey...
...editors: The Crimson editorial of May 2, “Gov 97b, Good Riddance,” came as no surprise to the department of government. This year, in anticipation of curricular review changes in the timing of declarations of concentration, our tutorial office ran a comprehensive survey of the tutorial. The responses from our concentrators were detailed and enlightening, and in many cases sobering. With the help of our undergraduate committee, we are now reviewing Gov 97 and proposing radical changes. We will preserve the elements that students appreciate: attention to writing and analysis, a mix of great books...
...Surveys designed to measure the effectiveness of virginity pledges may be unreliable because adolescents wrongly report their sexual behavior depending on their social circumstances, according to a study by a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researcher. According to study author Janet E. Rosenbaum ’98, an HSPH doctoral candidate, 50 percent of adolescents who reported on an initial survey that they had signed a virginity pledge—a promise not to have sex before marriage—denied having signed this pledge on a second survey a year later. 10 percent of those reporting sexual experiences...