81.   Now the launches that once drew armies of engineers, dignitaries and tourists are pretty much routine.

82.   Now, they compete with other drivers for limited business, because there are fewer tourists to hail cabs, climb on tourmobiles or catch a bus.

83.   No tourists were hurt.

84.   Nor were tourists very happy.

85.   On any given day a million tourists are in Florida.

86.   On Revolution Avenue the bars are all but empty, the restaurants and mariachis are quiet, the tourists are scarce and the Cipro is rapidly changing hands.

87.   One such tourist is Wanda Ganteaume.

88.   Paul Dayton, professor of marine ecology at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, says the whales may prefer the Ojo de Liebre lagoon precisely because there are fewer tourists.

89.   Pink-skinned tourists are towing kids wearing mouse ears around the Magic Kingdom, the monorails are running on time and the cash registers are whirring.

90.   Perhaps this is why American tourists to Mexico are a bit shy on Veracruz.