Word: toured
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reporters," says Fentress, "were all talking about their internal time clocks being out of phase, and the sources were discussing, their stomach troubles." No wonder Everyone had just returned from twelve days of traveling 24,500 miles and traversing 24 time zones during President Nixon's whirlwind tour of Asia plus Rumania...
...Asia last week, the U.S. moon landing formed an impressive backdrop for his visit. The President was not shy about capitalizing on the feat, even promising bits of moon rock to his hosts. One Far Eastern Foreign Minister, in fact, described Nixon's approach on the Asian tour as "Apollo diplomacy." Whether that was fair or not, Nixon certainly moved with space-age speed, visiting seven countries in as many days. His whirlwind schedule and the resulting mood of if-it's-Tuesday-this-must-be-Djakarta were not very conducive to thoughtful consultations. Still, at a time...
Space agency scientists were also alarmed-and more than a little irritated -by President Nixon's announcement during his current global tour that once the scientists have finished their studies, he plans to send souvenir pieces of lunar material to world leaders. In Houston, where the 54 Ibs. of rocks are being handled as priceless treasures, the reaction was anger. "How the hell many rocks does he think we have?" muttered one scientist. Later, however, some of the scientists conceded that Nixon's generosity might pay off in international good will, once more rocks are gathered from...
...wedded his tunes to the rhythms of the words-by the way he always left room in his songs for a good laugh. Loesser also had a knack for turning the harsh into the lyric. While Guys and Dolls was still on its pre-Broadway tour, Loesser became fascinated with a line in Abe Burrows' book and decided to make a song out of it: The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York...
...Walking Tour of Beacon Hill--will leave from Matthews Hall 4. Tour includes a visit to a Boston Town House and a cruise on the Charles. Tickets $3.25 in Matthews Hall...