Word: tourists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attracting an upscale clientele, and casinos / now respect this myth with frescoes and wax figures of slim-waisted maidens under dainty parasols, promenading on the Boardwalk. But historians insist that even in its glory days, Atlantic City was simply a Victorian Disneyland. A 1909 edition of a highbrow Baedeker tourist guide carried this assessment: "Atlantic City is an eighth wonder of the world. It is overwhelming in its crudeness -- barbaric, hideous and magnificent. There is something colossal about its vulgarity...
...City has rediscovered its genius for self-promotion. And largely thanks to him the city has regained its cheerful taste for the baroque. In the lobby of the Trump Plaza (designed by Alan Lapidus, who once wrote an article called "The Architecture of Gorgeous"), Mary Zborey, a heavily rouged tourist from Connecticut who resembles a slightly dissipated Loretta Lynn, turns giddy at the shimmering collision in the red, gold and black decor. "I can't believe it. I'm touching the walls," she squeals as she caresses a black marble railing. Her friend Maryann Scofield, caught up in the delirium...
...passage out of lonely routines and back into society. Driver Michael Torrey pulls up to the casino around 11:30 a.m. and waits as his passengers move inside to swap their coupons for coins. "You'd think she'd need a walker," he says, pointing at an elderly tourist painfully climbing a ramp to the Boardwalk. "But she's in Atlantic City. Look at the willpower...
There was widespread damage in San Juan's Condado Beach area, the site of many of the island's large tourist hotels. Shattered glass, strips of roofing and overturned trees littered the streets, and few drivers ventured out in their vehicles...
Such statements cannot disguise the hemorrhage of tourist and investment dollars. Hotels averaged only 30% occupancy last week, and seven temporarily closed their doors. More important for China's economic outlook, international organizations were reassessing their involvement. The World Bank is reconsidering more than $700 million in new loans that were scheduled for delivery to China by the end of the year...