Word: tourists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...often, such words and the spirit behind them are ignored or taken for granted by the world, while the old caricature traits of the Germans are seized on as instant proof that "they haven't changed"-tourist arrogance, preoccupation with titles, heavy humor, gross appetites. There are, in fact, more serious atavistic qualities to be found in German life: authoritarianism in the courts and schools, a tendency to function in groups, a passion for obedience. In his book This Germany, Journalist Rudolf Walter Leonhardt doubts that the past could repeat itself or "that Germans may go insane...
...twofold object of the trip was to publicize the Administration's see-America-first campaign-part of the drive to stem the outflow of tourist dollars-and to boost its new highway-beautification program. Taken along as tour guides were Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall. Federal Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton and Laurance Rockefeller, chairman of a White House conference on natural beauty...
...Moscow mental hospital for the anti-state offense of smuggling manuscripts to the West. Tarsis himself spent six months in Kashchenko psychiatric hospital in 1962 and 1963 for sending The Bluebottle, a novel portraying the plight of intellectuals in Khrushchev's Russia, to a British publisher via a tourist. When he was released, Tarsis, now 59, went right to work on the story of his remarkable experience. Ward 7, which Tarsis insisted on having published under his real name, is the result...
...MEXICO. Though police treat Americans far better than Mexicans, the country is a tourist's legal jungle. Most Americans stand by after a car accident; most Mexicans bolt. And anyone involved can be jailed without bail until a non-judge traffic expert dictates a verdict. Mexicans also rely on the mordida (bribe) to pay off witnesses. Cautious Americans carry insurance covering legal aid-and plead innocent to any charge. Sample: failure to pay hotel bills, which may be a nonbailable crime. Conversely, suing hotels for personal injury is virtually impossible; required witnesses (hotel employees) would be fired if they...
Moonlight & Shadows. From the sullen cities of Serbia and Croatia to the sunny villages of Dalmatia prices are the prime topics of conversation in Yugoslavia. Resort operators grumble that soaring costs will dampen the $90 million-a-year tourist trade. The cost of living, up 19% last year, spiraled another 9% in 1965's first quarter. The hardest hit was food, which has risen an average 30% in the past year; such items as beef, pork, apples, potatoes and top-quality slivovitz (plum brandy) have jumped between 50% and 100%. Prices have also risen for everything from haircuts...