Word: visiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year sentence for burglary. But an intensive probation scheme used in his state since 1982 eventually sent him back outside, and back to work, under strict supervision. A 10 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew was enforced during the first three months after release by at least one surprise visit each week from the corrections officer. There were three other weekly meetings, with restrictions eased as his time in the program increased. Living at home, as he was required to do for 2 1/2 years, Rusich cost the state $8.72 a day, less than a third the expense of keeping...
...Japan and Western Europe. While no country boasts the highest standards in every field, other cultures are more demanding of some services than America is. Most European countries insist on timely and efficient service on their railroads and airlines, which receive state subsidies to assure that performance. Americans who visit London typically come away with fond memories of the city's excellent taxicabs and subway system. The shortage of personal attention comes just when U.S. consumers are enjoying a cornucopia of novel products and services. Thus the deterioration of basic, personal service is taking...
...Bean. Freeport, Me. (pop. 6,700), is an unlikely Mecca. Yet every year 2.5 million American worshipers of sensible, frugal and unpretentious products for the outdoors descend on the Yankee seaside town. Their aim: to visit the one and only L.L. Bean company store, which is open around the clock and features 6,000 items, ranging from moccasins to sleeping bags to camel-hair cardigans. However, many more Americans know the company through the 75 million L.L. Bean catalogs that are mailed out annually. Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the company, founded to market a superior hunting boot...
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST time Reagan has failed to pay attention to his foreign policy. At one point in Reagan's 1982 visit to Latin America he called for a toast to "the people of Bolivia," even though he was in Brazil. The president attempted to explain away the error by saying that Bolivia was his next stop when, in fact, Columbia was his next stop and he was not scheduled to visit Bolivia...
...Ronald Reagan is really as detached from his policies as these incidents suggest, how do we explain his success as governor of California and his attainment of the highest presidential approval rating since FDR? Reagan has outstanding political instincts. He has prevented potential political disasters such as his visit to Bitburg, his joke and the killing of Marines in Lebanon from materializing because he has an incredible ability to control and manipulate touchy situations...