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Angeles Games.'' (1988). 101 pp.</ref>  expenditures. The 23d Olympiad in 1984 was a huge publicity and financial success, and it came away with a $225 million profit, thanks to the leadership of Peter Ueberroth.
 
Angeles Games.'' (1988). 101 pp.</ref>  expenditures. The 23d Olympiad in 1984 was a huge publicity and financial success, and it came away with a $225 million profit, thanks to the leadership of Peter Ueberroth.
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Although never devastated like San Francisco was in 1905,<ref>The worst recent earthquake hit Northridge in 1994.</ref> LA is fascinated and fearful of disasters—especially earthquakes, as well as fires, mudslides and riots.<ref>Mike Davis, ''Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster.'' (1998). 484 pp.</ref>[[Image:Sunset-limited.jpg|thumb|270px|The Southern Pacific promoted its "Sunset Limited" express train for tourists; Amtrak now operates it; this poster dates from 1900]]
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Although never devastated like San Francisco was in 1905,<ref>The worst recent earthquake hit Northridge in 1994.</ref> LA is fascinated and fearful of disasters—especially earthquakes, as well as fires, mudslides and riots.<ref>Mike Davis, ''Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster.'' (1998). 484 pp.</ref>[[Image:Sunset-limited.jpg|thumb|270px|The Southern Pacific promoted its "Sunset Limited" express train for tourists; [[Amtrak]] now operates it; this poster dates from 1900]]
    
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