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Word: hammerfest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...anything but their male companions. While some of these not-so-innocents abroad may have well-planned itineraries, most are rather aimlessly following crowds of their countrymen in a quest for good vibrations. They are joining millions of footloose European youths, who are wandering far and wide from Hammerfest to Gibraltar-and points even farther out. Whatever their mother tongue, the youngsters manage to communicate. They speak a sort ot Jeunesperanto, and they share much the same style of dress, penchant for folk music and smoking habits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rites of Passage: The Knapsack Nomads | 7/19/1971 | See Source »

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