Word: tour
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first stops on a tour of Phnom-Penh was Toul Sleng Prison, once a French lycee. Within its quadrangle of three-story concrete buildings in a serene palm-studded quarter of the capital, 20,000 Cambodians were reportedly tortured and killed by Pol Pot's henchmen. The prison has now become a museum, crammed with grim mementos of the fallen regime's barbarity. On display are handcuffs, chains, bamboo cages and iron bars that were applied, red hot, to the genitals of prisoners. On a blackboard are inscribed the jailers' instructions to their victims: " 1. You must...
...electrically charged energy, precision team work, spectacular razzle-dazzle, and the visceral urge to make that golden killing. Drama Critic Martin Gottfried astutely captures all of that and more in Broadway Musicals (Abrams; 353 pages; $45). After nearly 20 years on the aisle, he provides a knowledgeable guided tour through every avenue and aspect of hits from Oklahoma! to A Chorus Line. In this era of scrimp and save, the 395 black-and-white and color photographs are some thing of a rarity...
...command of Shakespeare's language is a rarity. He rules not only the language but the space around him. When he says "stars," the stars twinkle in the ceiling of the Adams House dining hall. Clemenson's acting has no gimmicks and no cliches--his performance is a tour de force of sheer talent and intelligence...
...Kennedy Forum is Guevara's first stop on a three-week speaking tour which will take him to college audiences in Chicago, Wisconsin, Texas, New York and Washington...
What Orthodox priests feel personally no doubt varies, but they clearly know the rules. Says Igor Sokolov, the Council for Religious Affairs spokesman on the tour: "The Orthodox Church is completely loyal to the state. It is good that its priests go to a seminary where they see the relationship clearly-the archbishops on one wall and the Soviet leaders on the other. Without this training, priests might be uneducated village people, perhaps fanatics. It is better this...