Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...futile to cavil at trifles! After the first five minutes of your visit to fairyland, Iolanthe and her sisters will have captivated you completely, and you will find that you have gone back at least ten years. And inevitably you will join the ranks of those who sigh at the mention of either play and chortle "Oh, yes, the march of the Peers," or "When a coster leaves off beating up his mother...
...shout Godspeed. Ramsay Macdonald's head- a tousled mop of silver-bobbed in friendly fashion from the door of his compartment. Beside him, flushed and laughing, stood apple-cheeked Ishbel Macdonald, his wholesome daughter. "Ishbel," the onetime Premier had chuckled to newsgatherers, "Ishbel has always been keen to visit the United States. She wants to motor out to Mount Vernon when we get to Washington because she is greatly interested in the first American President, George Washington. I am sure she will not be disappointed, for Mount Vernon is a beautiful place. My late wife and I went there...
Received and chatted briefly with Secretary of the U. S. Treasury Andrew William Mellon, who said upon emerging: "It was just a courtesy visit. We did not discuss debts or official matters...
...typical vehicle of that period." The "Henry Ford" of the picture has a big ear, sidewhiskers, mustache, horseteeth, a head far too large for his high hat, and braided pants. Excerpts from Forbes: "Here are some of the things learned about Henry Ford and his activities during a visit of investigation the writer has paid to Detroit: He and his products are being rigidly boycotted in Detroit. "How has the illwill that Ford and his henchmen have stirred up affected his business? Very, very seriously, according to all that Detroit can gather...
...special feature in this year's plans will be the visit of a group of European Students to the United States during the summer. In being also to offer them hospitality the N.S.F.A. will be able to make a start toward repaying the hospitality which European students have extended to the American C.L.F. delegation both this year and last year...