Word: vip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President's type. On returning to Washington, Dr. Ward reported to his boss, White House Physician Walter Tkach, and gave the hospital good marks. The exercise was not academic; if Richard Nixon should need hospital care in China, he will get it in Peking Hospital's VIP wing...
...Barbarella. This year, as usual, Hope has been whisked from base to base like the VIP he is, and last week he went beyond that role, appearing at the North Vietnamese embassy in Laos, reportedly to seek permission to visit U.S. prisoners in Hanoi. Meanwhile, Fonda and company have continually encountered red tape ranging from visa problems to being virtually declared off-limits by American commanders...
Most of the men who shaped the postwar world are gone-Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, De Gaulle. This week, barring a last-minute change in plans, a VIP helicopter will touch down on the south lawn of the White House and out will step a statesman who has earned a place alongside those formidable figures: President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia...
...decisions. The press is firmly controlled, and criticism of the Shah is wholly forbidden. For the celebrations, the army clamped tight security around a 60-mile circumference of the tent city and, by ironic coincidence, arrested exactly 2,500 potential troublemakers. Iran's security police, SAVAK, tracked each VIP electronically via a small radio transmitter carried by an aide of the guest...
...more compelling impression is that of a VIP who feels it beneath his dignity to display any warmth for or interest in ordinary people. For six days, Agnew enjoyed the plush appointments of Seoul's Chosun Hotel, emerging only for ceremonial functions or to play golf and tennis. One day when it rained, he ordered a Ping Pong table sent up to his room. He visited no American soldiers, Korean hospitals, schools, marketplaces or housing projects. In Singapore, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia, the routine was essentially the same. In Kenya, Agnew visited the Treetops wild-game preserve, conferred...