Word: visiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sarah is not ready to join her. "You can die if you want," the octogenarian says, "but I am not ready." Indeed she's not. She has to visit with Tisha, a friend of 50 years, and maybe start a little romance with Mr. Maranov, a vestige of the Russian nobility who has, since the Russian Revolution, spent his life visiting friends. He's a gentleman, as Tisha puts it "the last of the cavaliers, and rich, as in idle...
...editorial stands and willingness to take on politicians under its masthead. The Herald's list of past barbs against Kennedy filled a full page in yesterday's edition. The paper probably earned his special notice when it pointed out his "pretensions and blunders" during a illconsidered and over-hyped visit to South Africa before his 1980 presidential bid. The Globe was noticably quiet...
...VISIT to the Bourglinster castle, a 12th century fortress, provided one of the more memorable cultural experiences for the Harvard troupe...
...some people Raisa's high profile seems mildly scandalous. When she accompanied Gorbachev to the 1986 Reykjavik summit with Ronald Reagan (Nancy stayed home), a Soviet Foreign Ministry official griped, "Who chose her to represent the Soviet Union?" A young Moscow professional woman complains that on a Gorbachev visit in September to the port city of Murmansk, Raisa was seen in two different outfits the same day: "That may be O.K. for Paris, but not for Murmansk, where people get meat and butter only once a month...
...rarely took long vacations, and he was especially reluctant to cancel this one. Though his roots are as Irish as homespun Donegal tweed, he had never been to the home of his ancestors. Besides, could an avid golfer who shoots in the low 70s pass up a chance to visit the country that, in his estimation, boasts six of the 25 best courses outside the U.S.? So Lynch packed his bags and left his deputies with a list of 100 stocks to sell, if necessary, and 100 stocks worth buying if their prices went lower...