Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German Monarchist press burst into one unanimous roar of anguish, Herr Stresemann demurely stated: "I am leaving with my wife and sons for two weeks of quiet in Switzerland, which will include a visit to Locarno...
...drift-indicator (compass) when flying over snowfields; after discussing landing-skis with a Canadian expert and buying a second extra set, larger than any, for the Josephine, as well as a small set for her tail; after explaining into a microphone for the radio public how he intends to visit the North Pole by flying in 400-mile stages from Spitzbergen with an intermediate base on Cape Morris Jessup. Greenland, taking with him only one flight companion, Chief Petty Officer Floyd Bennett, but having at call by radio in Kings Bay a reserve plane (Curtiss Oriole) manned by fellow service...
...more or less fascinated by the final flourish which the Emperor Vespasian made when, in his last moments, he whispered apropos of the customary deflection of the Emperors. "Methinks I am becoming a god." So this morning at 9 o'clock I shall, in memory of this old gentleman, visit Sever 18, to hear Professor Ferguson in History 3b lecture on the Flavian emperors...
...something over a million full-valued Swiss francs last week ($225,000). In exchange for the check, there was turned over to the League a villa on the shore of Lake Leman, the lonely Villa Bartholoni, north of Geneva, which was the residence of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson during her visit last September...
Each group is limited to 15, including the leader. One will visit Central Europe, including Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, and Switzerland, the second will travel through the Baltic States and Northern Europe, and the third will cover England, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Italy. All three groups will spend several weeks in Geneva and Paris. In every country, the national student unions, members of the International Confederation of Student, will act as hosts...