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...capitalism brings new wealth and competitive pressure to Eastern Europe, many people may decide to head for the beach. To accommodate them, Paris-based Club Med plans to open a resort next year on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria (pop. 9 million). The facility will include a 600-room hotel and will share a golf course with a twelve-year-old Club Med in a nearby town. Says Jean-Luc Oizan-Chapon, Club Med's chief operating officer: "We were here before the doors were open, and now our time has come...
...Vegas has prospered by becoming a year-round vacation spot for middle- class families, who typically stay as long as a week. By contrast, Atlantic City appeals largely to bettors who arrive by bus and leave the same day. "Atlantic City has to try to become a destination resort, which means that it has to be a place where folks want to go," says Steve Wynn, chairman of Golden Nugget, which opened the $617 million, 3,200-room Mirage hotel complex in Las Vegas last November. Adds Wynn: "Las Vegas hasn't exactly been tasteful or elegant...
...Bendjedid's commitment to the development of a multiparty democracy in a region characterized by dictatorships and feudal monarchies. For his efforts, Bendjedid is being urged by the fundamentalists to dissolve the parliament, which currently seats only members of the ruling party, and hold national elections. "Any attempt to resort to trickery," warns Said Sadi, secretary-general of the Rally for Culture and Democracy, a moderate, secular party that made a poor showing, "will inevitably finish in the streets with helmets against turbans...
...down last August by drug-cartel assassins. Thrust unexpectedly into the limelight at the urging of Galan's family, Gaviria emerged as the most vocal of the candidates against the narcotraficantes. "I am a supporter of extradition," says Gaviria, but he wants to use it only as a "last resort...
...result, she said, University officials will likely resort to old-fashioned human labor to make the bell sound its traditional tones at the memorial ceremony for the Class of '40 tomorrow and Commencement ceremonies Thursday. "Someone will go up to the belfry and hit it with a mallet to make some sound," Cloutier-Diflo said...