Word: tourist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...morning after Wallace was shot, President Nixon was walking outside the White House and deliberately plunged into a crowd of tourists. One man said pointedly: "It is good of you to come out in public, Mr. President." Another tourist stood beside Nixon and asked a friend to take their picture together. Without thinking, Nixon smiled and replied: "Go ahead and shoot...
Easily the most splenetic protest was voiced by Miami's Police Benevolent Association. In an extraordinary telegram, the association warned the Miami Beach Tourist Development Authority (which had promoted the Republican invitation): "You are now put on notice that civil action suits will be filed against your organization and individual members of the executive board on behalf of each and every Miami police officer and Miami citizen that is killed, injured or indicted as a result of the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention...
...being enacted in central Florida, where the new Disney World is exceeding the most optimistic expectations of its promoters. Its success is also a major force behind a business surge that is sweeping Florida, especially its central area and eastern coast. The state is in the midst of a tourist and real estate boom, as visitors and new residents pour in by plane, bus, car and camper. Many tourists who come to see the Disney show go on to visit Daytona Beach, Tampa, Miami, Cape Kennedy and other places-to the delight of hoteliers, restaurateurs, boat renters and other businessmen...
...building; for prices ranging from $12,000 to $125,000, owners often get such extras as pools, saunas and tennis courts. One of the thickest concentrations of condominiums is in Dade County, which includes Miami and Key Biscayne, vacation home of the nation's No. 1 tourist, but they have also spread fast in central Florida and many other areas...
...barring acts of God or a radical takeover of city government, the transformation of Harvard Square is unstoppable. Whether the Class of '72 spends its fifth reunion in a honky-tonk tourist trap, or a thriving, accessible, commercially diverse Harvard Square, will be known quite soon