Word: visa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...streets. Leading business and professional groups filled Hong Kong newspapers with ads backing the students in Beijing. "I see this as a positive development," said a Western diplomat, "because it means people are beginning to take an active political role and are not just looking for an exit visa...
...long ago, I had the sad occasion to spend some time in Moscow. On the evening of Dec. 30, my friend Yuli Daniel died. If it had not been for his death, they would not have let me into Moscow. Moscow had been denying my wife Maria a visa for a year and a half. The Soviet consulate in Paris had informed us by telephone on the morning of Dec. 30 of the latest denial. Then, after two days of negotiations, they had to give us a visa. If they had not, a scandal would have broken...
...much of his appreciation for such tribulations comes from his personal experience. Trains with no heat. Telephones often on the blink. Sources too scared of eavesdroppers to talk except in person -- and in private. Even getting into some countries can be a trial. After presenting his perfectly legal visa to the passport officer on entering Rumania, Banta was taken to the departure lounge for the next flight out. But the kindly officer did give Banta enough Rumanian lei to call the U.S. embassy to protest...
Considering that the Steinberg story took precedence over the Reagan-Gorbachev summit, the RJR-Nabisco corporate buyout, then-Secretary of State George Schultz's refusal to grant PLO leader Yasir Arafat a visa and the electoral victory of Benazir Bhutto '73 in Pakistan, can we believe that Newsweek had anything in mind except appealing to our "most primitive fascinations...
...such coverage would be so inexpensive that they could offer it free. (The credit-card coverage is typically supplement insurance, which pays damages if other policies cannot be tapped.) American Express began providing the coverage in November 1987 to its gold- and platinum-card holders. Last year MasterCard and Visa did the same for their premium customers, but they have not yet done so for regular cardholders...