Word: tourists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After a brief, costly investment in cruisers, the Russians have decided on essentially a submarine force (500 boats) as the heart of their navy. The sub is basically a defense weapon, designed to deny the seas to an enemy. As any tourist can see, there is no military shipbuilding at the massive Kronstadt yards near Leningrad. The ways are jammed instead with commercial shipping; four cruisers of the Sverdlov class lie there still uncompleted. In tune with the defensive concept is the fact that the Russians have devised the most deadly mines yet known in warfare. One navy officer told...
...ruled that lines may end 5% discounts on first-class round trips, cut family plan discounts from 50% to 33⅓%, charge $2 extra for each stopover. But CAB warned that these boosts will be discontinued next July 31 unless lines cut other fares, e.g., by offering a cheaper tourist fare...
This latest specimen of "fictionalized biography," based on the yet unfinished life of Pablo Picasso, rattles along like a tourist train through the garrets and grandeurs of Bohemia. First stop, Spain: guitars, poverty, bullfighters, the inevitable gypsy temptress ("She kissed him. He kissed her. It was alive in him, and urgent"). Next stop, Paris: chimney pots against the sky, artist's life, nightlong arguments, more temptresses ("On the sixth day when Leah came to the studio he took her brutally in his arms. 'Damn you,' he shouted and gave her a long cruel kiss"). Last stop...
...awkward fix: his three-car caravan (including one blue Cadillac, one black Cadillac) was only two-thirds afloat. No smalltime bey-decker, His Highness Sir Abdullah as Salim as Sabah quickly offered the ferryboat captain $16 to unload the latecomer and make room for the royal limousine. The Milanese tourist in the Fiat bid $32 to preserve the status quo. The Sheik bid $160. The Italian raised him $160, promised the captain $320. Chips cascading from his shoulders, Abdullah said $1,600. But the ferryman thought that was not a fair sheik, refused to switch cars at any price...
...British tourist from flopping hat brim to suede shoes, Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd-hung with beach robe, towel, goggles, slippers and a florid sports shirt-headed for the beach on Spain's Costa Brava...