Word: visits
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...doctors had told him to skip St. Louis; and by the final day of John Paul's visit it was clear why. At a prayer service in the city's beautiful basilica he coughed--not continuously, but so deeply that his body jumped forward slightly. His speech, clear enough at a youth rally the night before to elicit roars of laughter, was more slurred. A short prayer he should have spoken was assumed by an assistant...
During that visit, Graham urged "peace in a nuclear age" at Yale, Harvard, Boston College and the University of Vermont as part of a two-month, eight-city crusade through New England...
Graham is making a special visit to the University this time...
...leaders believe that if they can warm U.S. officials to the idea of Palestinian self-determination, and ultimately a Palestinian state, Israel will have no choice but to yield on the issue. Arafat's charm offensive "has so far worked well," says Beyer. It succeeded in getting Clinton to visit Gaza last year with nearly all the trappings of a state visit. Palestinians leaders believe the trip may have put the camel's nose in the tent, and Arafat now wants to do his best to keep it there...
...LOUIS Founded by Catholics, but just getting its first visit from a Pope. St. Paul is still waiting...