Word: travelling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that had come between the two men or of the dissatisfaction that Nixon had begun to feel. Rather, the President said that he needed his "oldest and closest friend and associate'' near by in the White House. He will have the title of Counsellor to the President, travel with the President at home and abroad, and provide advice on both domestic and certain foreign subjects. "I regret losing him at HEW," the President said. "But I need him here." Succeeding him at HEW will be Elliot Richardson, now Under Secretary of State...
...golden age of tourism and business travel has drawn the world's innkeepers into a building spree. Led by aggressive U.S. chains, hotel expansion is honing competition in dozens of countries, and the travel boom is transforming entire economies. The construction splurge is aimed not only at American travelers, who are booking foreign tours in rising numbers despite the domestic economic slowdown, but also at travel-hungry Asians and Europeans...
Economical jet travel has helped lift the demand for accommodations so rapidly that hotelmen in many countries are swamped with business. Without much exaggeration, French National Tourist officials insist that not a single hotel room will be available in Paris until after October's auto show. London hotels are so packed that companies in need of space for executives cozy up to room clerks by treating them to elaborate lunches. Greek hotelmen are braced for a 30% increase in tourism this summer. The lure of Expo 70 has not only jammed Japanese hostelries, but contributed to a squeeze...
...Inter-Continental opened in Budapest. Hilton International, which is owned by Trans World Airlines, this year will add four more hotels from Abu Dhabi to Zurich to its chain of 51 in 33 countries. United Air Lines plans to acquire Seattle-based Western International Hotels to form another formidable travel and lodging combine. An American Airlines subsidiary has just opened the 21-story Chosun in Seoul...
...many of us have determined to travel on our own , seeking the kind of free mental space in which to observe, imagine, write, only to find that a woman is never as free as a man to bum across country or through Europe. Ever try to sit down in a park with a book or a sketch pad for more than five minutes without some character feeling it his obligation to make an attempt at picking you up? Of course you can get rid of him but your peace of mind is shattered for that...