Word: toure
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THIS summer, the Kroks went on a world tour which lasted two months--and brought them behind the Iron Curtain for the first time. The singers say they especially enjoyed singing on the streets of Moscow...
...success in the Soviet Union may be a little too striking at times for Gorbachev, who told Soviet media officials to stop "collecting horror stories" about Soviet society. But he insisted that "we are not talking about any limits on glasnost." In fact, he seemed exhilarated by his tour through Siberia last month, when ordinary Soviets peppered him with complaints about housing and just about everything else. The exchanges, shown on national TV, may have emboldened him to act decisively last week, as if he now believed the people had matured politically faster than their leadership...
...first glance it looked like another stop on the pro tour. Many of the world's greatest players were out on the courts, dazzling sellout crowds with their lightning serves and smashes. But there was one difference, as tennis returned as an Olympic sport after a 64-year absence: instead of thousands of dollars in prize money, the bottom line was a medal for one's country. Still, the pros had little problem getting pumped up for the new tournament. "This is, I think, the biggest one," said Czechoslovakia's soft-spoken Miloslav Mecir, who glided past Tim Mayotte...
...voters. The Defense Minister, considered the No. 2 figure in Israel's Labor Party, dismisses the notion that his new crackdown is politically motivated. But he makes no apologies about stepping up the army's operations. "The rioters are suffering more casualties," he told reporters during a tour of the West Bank. "That is precisely our aim. Our purpose is to increase the number of ((injured)) among those who take part in violent activities, but not to kill them...
There are rumors of other, still unpublicized, masking agents. At least one nondiuretic that achieves the desired effect is known: probenecid, a gout drug, has been banned by the I.O.C. It became instantly infamous during this summer's Tour de France. Spain's Pedro Delgado, the eventual winner, tested positive for the drug. But probenecid did not become prohibited in international cycling until August, so Delgado got away with...