Word: visa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Last week she canceled the contract. Reason: a clause which provided that her husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini, an industrialist, would make the trip with her. The clause could not be fulfilled, despite the efforts of Met-Manager Rudolf Bing. The U.S. Consulate in Venice refused to give Giovanni a visa on the grounds that he could not prove intention to return to Italy...
...difficulty and delay involved in obtaining a visa under the act often prevents foreign scientists from attending international scientific conferences in this country and creates ill-will abroad, according to Ramsey...
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Boris Christoff; the Russian Choirs of Paris and the French National Radio Orchestra, conducted by Issay Dobrowen; H.M.V., 4 LPs). Bulgarian Basso Christoff has been denied a visa to the U.S. (he flunked his McCarran test), but, from the recorded sound of his voice, he belongs with the very best of living bassos. Christoff gives the role of Boris magnificent power and dignity as well as splendid singing, and the whole production is outstanding...
...were duly asked whether they were, among other things, criminals, imbeciles, insane, illiterate, chronic alcoholics, beggars, polygamists, prostitutes, pimps, anarchists, opponents of "organized government." If the answer proved to be yes to any of these questions, they could be barred from the U.S. Crew members traveled on a collective visa issued for the entire ship's company and were asked only some of the embarrassing questions. Mostly U.S. immigration officials passed them with a nod and a wave...
Moffit was scheduled to start teaching last September, but he had trouble getting a visa to come here because he was born in Berlin...