Word: tourister
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...terrorists presumably hoped that in death they would become instant martyrs for their radical cause. Outside Germany, news of their suicides sparked scattered but ugly protests. In the Italian cities of Turin, Bologna and Leghorn, bombs were tossed into showrooms displaying German cars. Two unoccupied German tourist buses were set aflame in Paris. In Rome, police used tear gas to disburse some 800 youths, armed with Molotov cocktails, who were marching toward the German embassy and the Lufthansa ticket office. Leftists also demonstrated in Athens and Vienna; in London, protesters chanted "Murder! Murder!" outside the German embassy...
...police had hoped to take their distinguished prisoner quietly to a government tourist house in the nearby state of Haryana. Mrs. Gandhi, who has often described herself as an Indian Joan of Arc, blocked their plans with dismaying ease. When the procession stopped at a railroad crossing, her lawyer pointed out to the police that she could not be taken outside the federal territory of Delhi without a special order. Mrs. Gandhi perched herself on a fence and vowed, "I'm sitting here until they show me the court order." Eventually, the police gave up and took...
...there anything wrong with such goodhearted greed, openly pursued? Some argue in Billy's favor that he never sought his celebrity (not quite true), but is now obeying Adam Smith's "invisible hand" by selling the public what it wants for as long as it will pay. Tourist hordes made Billy give up his house in Plains, besieged him in his office and drove him from his beloved filling station; after such indignities, why shouldn't he become undignified himself, and get well paid for it? No one imagines for a second that Billy (whose political hero...
...large Austin coterie hopes some of this success rubs off. Already a dozen local performers have signed recording contracts, and the migration of musicians into Austin continues. It all seems a long way from Luckenbach. Or at least the old Luckenbach. These days the town is a thriving weekend tourist spot, which does brisk business in T shirts and bumper stickers. Cardboard NO PARKING signs lean against the trees; nothing is nailed down because the nails, like the signs, have been taken by tourists. Each week a couple of weddings are performed under the big cypress tree down...
Scenes like this occur daily during the busy tourist season at a small town on Martha's Vineyard. The Wamponoag Indian tribe has inhabited Gay Head since at least 2270 B.B. They once owned the town's land; today they earn their keep primarily by running the stands stacked with cheap turquoise rings, moccasins, and drums. When cold weather discourages crowds of tourists, the Indians tighten their belts, earning money from shellfishing or from a few municipal jobs. Although the Wamponoag Indians still dominate Gay Head's population, they now shape their town with a small, but far wealthier, white...