Word: tourist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...task force said the report was biased and incomplete and did not adequately provide for the nature of the library as a tourist attraction...
...writing about a proposal for the siting of the museum section of the Kennedy Library. As a Cambridge resident who is familiar with many of the groups who are concerned about the impact of a tourist culture on the Harvard Square area, and as an advocate urban consultant who played a role in the redesign of the Holiday Inn, I have a proposed solution to the problem of the museum building...
Since the environmental impact statement is slowing down the progress of the Kennedy Library; since there is a growing concern that the facility relate to community needs; and since the main tourist pressure comes from the museum facility, why not put the facility in an existing building in an area which can more easily accommodate this influx of tourists--and, in fact, will be better off for it? I am suggesting that the museum facility be placed in the Faneuil Market. I have discussed this idea with a number of community leaders in Cambridge. In the brief time since this...
...American tourist cashing his traveler's check at Tokyo's Hotel Okura got a bundle of good news. Each of his dollars bought 280 yen, 15 more than the going rate just two weeks before. "The difference isn't much," he smiled, "but suddenly I feel a hell of a lot better. The good old U.S. dollar is getting back to where it should be-the world's best money...
...money is strengthening because the balance of trade has shifted dramatically from a deficit of $6.9 billion last year to a surplus of $800 million for the third quarter of this year. The balance of payments, which includes loans, investments and items like tourist spending, as well as trade, has moved from a $10.3 billion deficit last year to a surplus of $2.1 billion in the third quarter of this year, the Commerce Department reported last week. The devaluations have made U.S. goods less expensive and more competitive in world markets. The commodities boom, which has brought record exports...