Word: toure
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...session began as an orientation into the workings of the Russian Research Center. A tour of the center's library in the basement of Coolidge Hall was followed by questions and answers about the institute's budget, endowment and access to University-wide resources...
...Elliot Erwitt on the opening page of Personal Exposures, and he undoutedly has an eye for humor. But at the same time, Erwitt is a master in capturing the subtle tragedy in everyday life. His book is a comprehensive overview of his development, published to coincide with the world tour of an exhibition of black and white photographs...
...SCANDAL. It's all here: the loveless romances of Christine Keeler with a Soviet spy, a Jamaican drug dealer and John Profumo, Secretary of War in Harold Macmillan's Cabinet. This express tour through swinging London plays like News of the World headlines set to early '60s rock 'n' roll...
...that would eventually lead to her balance. When she called the IRS about an overdue tax check, another computer voice directed her to "push 9" for refunds. Even a local department store had acquired a robot operator, which like an overeager clerk insisted on taking Hiwot on a guided tour of the entire store ("For furniture, home decorating or major appliances, push 3"). Desperate for human contact, she finally dialed a friend, only to be invited to leave a message at the sound of the tone. "It was like the Twilight Zone," says Hiwot. "I felt there was nobody...
...City of Nets and a TIME senior writer. In Glenn Gould: A Life and Variations (Random House; $24.95), Friedrich counterpoints Gould's prolific writings with the reminiscences of more than 80 people who knew him, from Leonard Bernstein to his cousin Jessie Greig. The result is a guided tour through the mind of a haunted original who dreamed of "a world where nobody cared what anybody else was doing...