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Word: visitor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Meyer Lansky, 75, the Russian-born Methuselah of the underworld, once directed Murder, Inc., held the Mafia franchise for Havana and brought organized gambling to the Bahamas; but he has survived all to become a little old Miami Beach senior citizen. Now he lives quietly, Lansky told a visitor from the Miami News, enjoying a complete absence of memory ("There is no such thing as organized crime"). What does he do with his spare time? Well, he reads: "Lately, philosophy-just now I'm reading Spinoza." One might wonder what the 17th century Dutch-Jewish mathematical rationalist would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Better Late Than Never | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...would be willing to abandon Jewish settlements in the Sinai. Israel, says Rabbi Stephen Pinsky of Tenafly, N.J., "should be able to give up the Sinai, to take a chance on this area." David Weinstein, president of Chicago's Spertus College of Judaica and a frequent visitor to Israel, agrees. Says he: "Relocate the Sinai settlers elsewhere and give that territory back entirely to Egypt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: American Jews: No Consensus | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...Kennedys kept Jackie's and Caroline's horses stabled at Camp David, but the President was at first a reluctant visitor. The family was planning a private country home in Virginia. Only as J.F.K. began using the Government retreat more did he finally ask, "Why are we building Atoka when we have a wonderful place like this for free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Camp David: A Palatial Retreat | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

...Leverett House, the committee's proposal to limit visitor access of Leverett Towers' two entries to one has already been implemented. Student guards presently admit visitors at F entry...

Author: By Jeffrey L. Saver, | Title: Dean's Panel On Security Ends Study | 2/10/1978 | See Source »

...subzero cold could keep them away as they waited patiently on the steps of Minnesota's capitol rotunda in St. Paul for a view of Humphrey's flag-draped casket inside. Among the mourners: a newsboy with his paper bag still slung over his shoulder and a visitor, California's Governor Jerry Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Rousing Farewell | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

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