Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years ago, West Germany's Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss ordered a consignment of Israeli-made submachine guns for the Bundeswehr, and the Israeli government was so grateful for the arms order that it invited Strauss down for a visit. The invitation gathered dust until Strauss, who is now out of the government, decided recently that the trip to Israel might not hurt his chances of making a political comeback at home. Delighted to have you, said Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion...
Most Israeli citizens agreed with Ben-Gurion. Nonetheless, anti-German feeling still runs deep in Israel, and a noisy minority led by the right-wing Herut Party and the Communists decided to vent it on Strauss. They urged the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, to cancel the visit and declare that Strauss was unwelcome. When the Knesset refused, street demonstrations broke out in Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. But Ben-Gurion stood firm. When Strauss landed at Tel Aviv-a day late, in hopes of avoiding a scene-his plane was surrounded by scores of police; three bodyguards were posted...
...coolly received by Catholics in northern Europe, where one leading statesman last week characterized his Pope as "a very good priest but a bad politician." Right-wing Italian Catholics-shocked by the big Communist vote that followed closely on Pacem in Terris and John's well-publicized visit with Izvestia Editor Aleksei Adzhubei-dubbed John "the Red Pope" and sneered that his failing health was a sign of divine displeasure...
Solal's American visit (six weeks at the Hickory House and a spot at the Newport Jazz Festival) is a tardy reward for a quietly brilliant career. He grew up in Algiers and first heard jazz when the G.I. radio followed soon after the American landings. For years he struggled to play precisely like Art Tatum, but when he came to Paris in 1950, he took off on his own. "I should try to make music that has much to say," he resolved, and with that he started serious study...
...twice-divorced sister coming to visit her in Spring Valley, Pa., Elizabeth, nearing 40, seems the conventionally perfect wife. Dress: cultured pearls and sweaters. Husband: an amiable history professor turned dean and now gunning for the presidency of Spring Valley College. Children: a boy at St. Paul's, a girl at Farmington...