Word: visiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...afraid that this project is turning into a publicity stunt, and I don't like it," City Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci said, reiterating comments made by councilors Francis H. Duehay '55 and William H. Walsh. However, both Duehay and Walsh said they personally supported the visit...
Duehay said official support for the visit would represent an "escalation" of Cambridge's role as a sister city, which he said was intended to involve no more than humanitarian aid and cultural exchanges. "The whole notion of getting involved in the internal politics of a state through the sister city project is not appropriate," he said, adding that Cambridge should instead ask Massachusetts Senators John F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy '54 to lodge formal complaints about the invasion...
During its upcoming, five-day trip, Freireich said the group will seek meetings with President Jose Napoleon Duarte, American Ambassador Edwin Corr and El Salvadoran military leaders. Members also plan to visit the village, gather testimony about the attack and report it at a press conference in San Salvador...
...choose restaurants for themselves. Most are in tour groups; the arrangement may or may not lead to good food, depending on the knowledge and diligence of the travel agency and the price of the tour. It is best to tell the agency of any special restaurants one wants to visit so that arrangements can be made. In addition, individuals or small groups can go off to restaurants on their own, although because of the language barrier it is best to have the hotel or tour guide engage a taxi and call the restaurant. Even so, reservations may not be honored...
...Sorkow went further. He stripped Whitehead of her parental rights. Barring a reversal of his decision, she may never legally see her child again. Apparently anticipating defeat, Whitehead sat out the verdict at home, 50 miles away. Earlier that day, in a regular court-approved visit, she had spent two hours with her daughter in the neutral territory of a local youth center. The judge had shown exasperation with Whitehead's lead attorney at several points during the trial. Even so, the vehemence of his language in the ruling came as a shock to many. Perhaps with...