Word: tour
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...might trace the beginnings of this total-exposure phenomenon to Dwight Eisenhower's two major illnesses during his presidency. First, Ike's heart was examined, chamber by chamber, in prime time. Then, viewers were taken on a tour of his small intestine, the site of his ileitis. In family matters, however, Ike remained aloof. It was John Kennedy who saw that the cozy private world of public men-where they could talk one way and act another-was bound to end. He submitted to the rising demands to know. He opened up, a bit, on his family...
...were the first sceptered pair to visit the U.S. in 1976, followed this month by Sweden's rambling Rex, Carl XVI Gustaf, on a 26-day, 26-stop itinerary that would sap a Saab. Denmark's Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik will arrive May 9 for a nine-city tour winding up in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which were hornswoggled from their country for $25 million in 1916. Norway's Crown Prince Harald and Princess Sonja will explore Leif Ericson's land in June; earlier the same month, Spain's new King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia will visit President...
...short visit I am not in a position to examine all your problems, but we take note of them." Dismayed at first by the prospect of pressing the flesh, Juan Carlos was soon chuckling at the experience?and he does not chuckle often. As the 18-hour-a-day tour wore on, the royal smile grew wider...
Bartlett supplies a stirring commentary on his 72-hole stint with Hite in the pro tour limelight. "The first day she started great guns. I remember she eagled the ninth for a 36. On the tenth she just crushed her drive." Hite hove her second shot on the par five dogleg out of bounds and ballooned to a 45 on the back nine. "She finished 25th or 30th," Bartlett adds by way of a post mortem...
...Odori Festival of Japan; A dazzling repertory of traditional devil dances, temple dances, dragon dances and displays of ritual combat on tour with 40 dancers as Japan's offering to the bicentennial. May 3 - 4 at 8 p.m. at the Berklee Performance Center, corner of Mass. Ave. and Boylston Street. For tickets call...