Word: visas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...homeland to establish his center. Awad's current troubles with Israeli officialdom began in the spring of 1987, when he sought to renew the residency permit he had been issued in 1967. The authorities rejected his application and ordered him to leave the country when his tourist visa expired in November. He refused to go, arguing, with strong support from U.S. consular officials, that under international conventions Israel had no right to expel him from the place of his birth. The government put the case on hold...
...Ziemans have now moved into the spotlight. Americans who have met Vera cannot resist comparing the cherry-cheeked, curly-haired moppet to Little Orphan Annie. The Reagans considered visiting the Ziemans this week but decided that this might hurt rather than help their chances of getting a visa. The President does plan, however, to talk to Vera's father Yuri and a dozen other refusenik families at Spaso House, the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Moscow. "People pin all their hopes on the summit," says Vera's mother Tanya. "The old refuseniks are all in a terrible state...
...asked to emigrate shortly after Vera was born. "We've always thought differently from most Soviet people," explains Tanya, 48. "We couldn't read the books we wanted or listen to the music we wanted or travel to the places we wanted to see." Before applying for an exit visa, Tanya was a professor of English at the Institute for Foreign Languages; her husband, 50, worked as a computer designer at the Academy of Sciences. After applying to emigrate, both had to quit their jobs. Friends disappeared; family members felt betrayed...
...advertisers were recruited by Global American Television, a small company based in Colrain, Mass., and co-producer of several public affairs programs that have appeared on both U.S. and Soviet TV. Global American arranged for PepsiCo, Visa and Sony to buy ten minutes on Posner's shows for $20,000 a minute, in contrast with up to $800,000 a minute that advertisers pay for prime time on U.S. networks. Still, said Posner, "we can make some money out of this...
...advertisers. PepsiCo, which had a virtual monopoly on Soviet cola sales until 1984, faces competition from Coca-Cola, now sold in eleven Soviet cities. Visa cards will be issued to Soviet citizens who travel abroad later this year. Sony's products are available only in stores that require payment in hard currency...