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...mark the centennial of the opening of the Canadian transcontinental railway. A more practical goal was to boost the ailing economy of British Columbia. But now it is benefiting from a larger circumstance. In a world frightened by terrorism, this international gathering stretched out along the curving waterfront looks as if it will be the summer's Mecca for Americans who want to leave the U.S., taste a variety of foreign cultures and return without undue anxiety...
...years ago, the waterfront along Vancouver's False Creek, a narrow inlet off the city's main harbor, was covered with rusting railroad tracks and a few ramshackle factories. Garbage was strewn everywhere. Today the 173-acre site is the home of Expo 86, the Canadian world's fair that opens May 2 and runs through Oct. 13. The fair's theme is transportation, and visitors will be able to gaze at exhibits ranging from a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft to a Japanese high- speed passenger train that can travel more than 250 m.p.h. Moored in the harbor are dozens...
...public hearing held two weeks ago on the San Francisco waterfront, protesters waved signs bearing slogans like OIL AND WATER DON'T MIX and CAN THE PLAN. In the background, sailboats flew banners that simply said NO. Speaking at the demonstration against the proposed drilling was Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, who complained that Governor George Deukmejian was "putting up a FOR SALE sign along the whole state of California." Democrat Bradley is hoping to make the oil leases a political issue in his campaign this election year to unseat the Republican Governor. Deukmejian, who has supported offshore drilling...
...upper Midwest find the humor somewhat strained. Last week Lakes Michigan and Huron had risen to their highest level since 1887, nearly 3 ft. over their average March altitude of 578 ft. above sea level. Lake Superior, at more than a foot over its norm, is not far behind. Waterfront-property owners are battling flooded basements and beach erosion, and some face the prospect of losing their homes. Says Park Planner Bob Elmore of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: "This is a cycle in the lake history that no one has been through before...
...palace doors came loose on their hinges, and the inventory began tumbling out of the overstuffed world of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. It was an impressive accumulation: a billion here, 800 million there; an office tower in Manhattan; a waterfront estate on Long Island; dozens of country houses in the Philippines; and even a second palace in Marcos' home province, Ilocos Norte, which almost no one knew about until now. One took the spectacle in with a feeling of wonder and disgust, something like one's reaction, as a child, upon learning that Egypt's King Farouk ate 600 oysters...