Word: traveled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many of the mothers this is the focus of the week. Some faithfully travel several hours to the city to take part. Others trek the 10 blocks from their office, which they call, in a motherly way, their "house--the large and impressive second floor of a building located a stone's throw away from the Congress. Its walls bear the eerie reminder of the dirty war: thousands of black and white snap-shots, each with a name and a date, hang in solemn rows behind protective glass; and the shelves of an overflowing glass case sag under the weight...
...Says Jakub Zvara, 15, a member of the Prague center, presently ranked 20th in Czechoslovakia in his age group: "I am sacrificing everything, including training and education for a normal job, for tennis. If I am not a good player, then I am nothing." The payoff: a chance to travel freely in the West, rake in hard-currency winnings, and live better than Central Committee members. Any player 18 or over with 120 points on the international tennis rating scale in singles or 60 points in doubles, or who is a member of the Davis, King's or Federation...
...include Sukova (7), Andrea Holikova (78) and Regina Marsikova (79). In return for a passport, each of the athletes has agreed to clear participation in tournaments with the board, pay 20% of after-expense prize money to the federation, and kick in an additional $3,000 annually to defray travel expenses for junior players...
After the Prince leaves Boston on September 4,he will travel to Chicago for two days where hewill attend a benefit ball, visit a high school,and play in a polo match
Author Eric Newby, who has written travel books himself and served as travel editor of the Observer in London, divides his anthology into broad geographical sections (Africa, Europe, North America, etc.) and then offers excerpts about each area in chronological order. This method of organization creates travelogues in time as well as space. A Greek navigator who landed on the British Isles around 310 B.C. formed a favorable impression of the residents: "They are simple in their habits, and far removed from the cunning and knavishness of modern man." By the early 18th century, a Swiss visitor to England noted...