Word: tourist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...travel by most citizens to Cuba. Under a 1977 law, Congress required that the President declare a "national emergency" and consult with Congress before imposing economic sanctions on foreign countries. Without following these procedures, the Treasury Department in 1982 prohibited the spending of U.S. dollars on hotels and other tourist accommodations in Cuba. By a 5-to-4 vote, the court agreed with the Administration that the restrictions were allowed under a technical reading of the "grandfather clause...
...graffiti, from marble to flickering television sets. The prevailing tone is of fatigue and mannerism. Everyone complains that the Biennale, like art itself, is in decline; such complaints are a necessary part of the ritual of visiting it. But this year in particular the visitor feels like a tourist in a glass-bottomed boat, gliding over a dying reef: here a brilliant polyp, there a parrot fish or sea fan, but acres of dead whitishgray coral to tell the real story...
...Hong Kong Tourist Association provided accomodations and meals for the visiting teams, while the flights were donated by United Air Lines...
Invited by the Hong Kong Tourist Association. Harvard will be one of just two American boats competing in the extravaganza that includes nine championship races and 14 prelimiaries...
...Hong Kong Tourist Association, which organized the good luck sendoff, will along with the Harvard Club of Hong Kong sponsor the team in part when it arrives in Hong Kong. The two groups will provide the boat, as well as several parties...