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...cooperative farm). En route, he promised to press for the establishment of diplomatic relations between West Germany and Israel, and to try to bar West German scientists from working for Israel's archenemy, Egypt. Before ending his ten-day stay this week, Strauss was also to get a VIP tour of Israeli defense installations. In the less populated areas, feeling was not running so high. In any case, declared Ben-Gurion, rebuking the demonstrators, "the Jewish people will not accept Hitler's racist theory that a man is tainted because he belongs to a certain people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Visitor's Welcome | 6/7/1963 | See Source »

...four-room bungalow, he is welcomed with flowers; though a celebrity only to his immediate family, he is showered with care and attention. Moments after registering, he can pick up a telephone in his room and find himself greeted by name. The secret is a "VIP" card typed in sextuplicate and immediately distributed among the hotel staff. By the time he checks out, the VIP card will be completed by notations of the guest's preferences in accommodations, flowers and liquor. The lady who "can't stand green" is kept in rose. Because RCA's General Sarnoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hotel: With a Smile | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

Pkhaladze-his ghosts fondly called him "Papa"-was so successful that soon he expanded to Leningrad's medical schools. He acquired a chauffeur-driven Volga limousine, dined regularly at Moscow's Aragvi Restaurant, where lavish tips earned him VIP treatment. He even treated himself to a vacation at Carlsbad in Czechoslovakia, where he posed as a movie producer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Getting Ahead in Moscow | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

...high-powered adwoman who never gets behind in her work. They both go after the same account. Doris concentrates on the client's business; Rock pays attention to his pleasure, and he gets the account. Furious, Doris vows to steal an account from Rock-the Vip account. What she doesn't know: there is no such product as Vip. Rock made it up to please a chorus girl (Edie Adams), who swore she'd make a scandal if she couldn't make TV commercials. Released by accident, the commercials create a tremendous demand for a product...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pillow Replumped | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

Bundled against the Canadian chill, Britain's "Minister for Europe," Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath, flew into Ottawa last week to batten down some Commonwealth hatches before Britain sails into the European Common Market. After the usual pleasantries in the airport VIP lounge, a newsman pushed a microphone at Heath: "Just say that you've come to assuage Canadian anxiety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Fresh Trade Winds | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

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