Focus articles from December 1997

Focus archives from December 1997

Indian gaming in the U.S.: distribution, significance and trends.
December 22, 1997... Introduction: The widespread distribution of Indian gaming Legalized gaming is the most rapidly growing industry in the United States in recent years. Close to $600 billion was wagered in 1996, an increase of over 54 percent from 1993. Although...

Redundant and recycled farmsteads.
December 22, 1997... Many Americans know little more about farming than what they see from an automobile window, and the view from the highway is often deceptive. The number of farms in the United States dropped from a peak of seven million in 1934 to only two...

Sun, fun and a rum deal: perspectives on development in the Commonwealth Caribbean. (includes related article on Caribbean history)
December 22, 1997... European and North American perceptions of the Caribbean Sea and its many islands seem to revolve around the "sun, fun and rum" equation at best, or "sand, sea and sex" at worst. This is not surprising given the promotion of the Caribbean as a...

The Otogar is the way to go: by bus through Turkey. (Turkish bus station)
December 22, 1997... During the early 1990s I dreamed of traveling through the Sinai, Jordan, Syria and Turkey. My journey in June, 1994, turned out to be far richer and more enjoyable than I had anticipated. Without the Lonely Planet travel book series this trip...