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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...
Back in the quaint days when rock 'n' roll was young, parents used to get all shook up over the hip-swiveling antics and soulful squeals of Elvis Presley, Little Richard and other rock pioneers. Now Graceland is a venerable tourist attraction, and good golly, Miss Molly, Little Richard is whooping his way through an album of children's songs...
...thought at first it was a doll's head," says Helmut Simon, the German tourist who spotted the Iceman on Sept. 19, 1991, while on an Alpine walking trip with his wife. On closer inspection, however, they realized that the head and shoulders protruding from the Similaun glacier were human, and seeing a hole in back of the skull, suspected foul play. Hurrying to a hikers' shelter to report their find, they set in motion a series of blunders that nearly deprived the world of a priceless treasure...
...nicknamed him "Oetzi" (after the Oetztaler Alps). Thousands of people worldwide have written to express their interest or profess kinship. Some claim to have communicated with him, while several women, unaware of the Iceman's castration, have volunteered to be impregnated with his sperm. In South Tyrol, a small tourist industry, replete with T shirts, pamphlets and escorted hikes to the recovery site, is already flourishing. And proud provincial officials are planning to build a museum around the Iceman and display him in some sort of refrigerated showcase...