Word: touristed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exact spot along the northwest shore, nicknamed the "Coast of Death" for its toll on sea traffic over the years, where the tanker Urquiola ran aground and lost nearly 30 million gallons of oil in 1976. Last week's mishap could cause serious damage to the seafood farms and tourist beaches that provide the region's two major sources of income...
...POSTELECTION TOURIST IN VENICE SLIDES INELUCTAbly toward eternal thoughts...
...there is a message amid the decaying grandeur of Venice, it is the transience of power and glory. The romance surrounding the accession of Bill Clinton is destined to be ephemeral -- politics and poetry, by their very nature, cannot coexist for long. But for a moment, an American tourist amid the stones of Venice can bask in the awareness that his troubled nation has embraced the future and that the Old World is witnessing this leap of political faith with covetous eyes...
Does Britain need a monarch at all, or could the nation do just as well without? There are a few obvious advantages. The country profits from an enormous tourist trade, an $11.5 billion industry in 1990. London is one of the top destinations for traveling Americans, and the quaint ceremonies that surround royal life are a major part of its appeal. Then there is the less easily measured factor of the tradition and continuity that the crown represents, something to be proud of in the post-World War II decades when Britain has had to settle for considerably less wealth...
...statue of John Harvard, which is one of the Yard's main tourist attractions, has acquired a mythic significance over the years which has made it a frequent target of vandals...