Word: visiters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...diplomats, the negotiators have actually had an agreement on a linkage formula for at least two weeks, but things seem to come unstuck when the delegations return home to seek the approval of their governments. Two weeks ago, for example, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, who was on a visit to the U.S. and Canada, sent Defense Minister Ezer Weizman back to Jerusalem to secure the Cabinet's acceptance of a compromise proposal...
During his historic visit to Jerusalem a year ago, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat expressed delight at meeting "the world's most famous mayor." Sadat was not far from the mark. For nearly 13 years, ebullient, tough-talking and relentlessly energetic Teddy Kollek, 67, has presided over Jerusalem in an evenhanded, unceremonious way. On election day last week, Kollek halted a breathless, last-minute round of electioneering to talk with Jerusalem Bureau Chief Dean Fischer and TIME'S Robert Slater about his goals for the city...
...Christians and Arabs. After all, in spite of the loyalty of the East Jerusalem Arabs to Jordan, and to the Palestine Liberation Organization, for many the great power is Egypt, with its 40 million Arabs. The fact that there is an agreement may mean the mayor of Cairo will visit here. All this must have its effect on an easing of real relationships. They are already pretty good. This is really one city. Certainly a mayor can walk around here more easily than he can in many cities...
...never rival Paris as a fixture on the international travel circuit, but the gradual parting of the Bamboo Curtain in the 1970s has enabled more and more foreigners to see the wonders of the Middle Kingdom. This year, 100,000 foreign tourists and businessmen-including 15,000 Americans?will visit China, and next year the total could double. What most visitors bring back, besides snapshots of the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs, are horror stories about the accommodations. Hotel rooms are hard to get, ah" conditioning is rare, and such Western amenities as bars, saunas and swimming pools...
Egypt's hotel shortage may cause a squeeze, but construction is now under way by many companies, including Hilton, Intercontinental and Marriott. On both sides of the Sinai, tourist officials foresee a bonanza as international travelers rush to visit both countries in a single trip. Says Fuad Shady, an official of the Nile Hilton: "We have the greatest tourist package in the world?the Holy Land combined with the world of the Pharaohs?and a great year-round climate...