Word: tourist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...base there and wants to expand it by taking over 35,000 acres of the sparse pasture land. The generals argue that they will need room for tank maneuvers and artillery practice when French ground troops eventually quit their bases in Germany. An odd coalition of environmentalists, tourist associations and antimilitarists are up in arms. Last month, 6,000 demonstrators marched in the town of Millau in angry, if so far vain protest...
...year's end, St. Leonard's was once again receding from general view. Because of the recent wave of art thefts from Europe's churches, the authorities have locked up St. Leonard's except for religious services. The persistent tourist can still get in-but only by calling the official guide in advance...
...Christian message that the Renaissance produced. Even though these two volumes cost almost exactly as much as youth fare flight to Rome, plus five days in a modest pensione, they provide more information-as well as more lasting, detailed and dramatic visions of the Sistine Chapel -than any tourist visit...
Harvard received an invitation on December 1 to attend the regatta as a guest of the Egyptian Government Tourist Office. Parker said that he discussed the invitation with his crew and they decided to go. "The guys are pretty excited about going," he said...
...about one-third of the present national output. At six other points along the same stretch of Mediterranean coastline, government-built resort towns are partially complete. Over the past year they have attracted 600,000 visitors to accommodations ranging from trailer parks to deluxe hotels, and by 1980 the tourist load is expected to triple, equaling that of the "old" Riviera east of Marseille...