Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Arrived in Berlin Dr. Schreiber, Austrian Minister of Art and Culture. His presence gave rise to outbursts of Pan Germanism (union of Germany and Austria). The Austrian Minister was on a private visit, but he lost no opportunity to stress the common interests of the two countries. He described himself as a friend, not a foreigner...
...days later, Lord Balfour left Jerusalem for a tour of the Esdraelon colonies to the north. Of the Arabs, who had stood quietly aloof during the whole visit, many regretted their stand, for they said they held the Earl in high regard and would have liked to extend their traditional courtesies. But, they pointed out, the only pacific means at their disposal for giving vent to their disapproval of British policy was to follow the course adopted in the hope of awakening sympathy for their cause...
...Persia (c. 611) but regained before Islam, under Calif Omar, ploughed the country under in 637. Then came the period of the Cru- sades and the Prankish Kingdoms (1099-1291), followed by the rule of the Egyptian Mamelukes (1291 to 1516). This uneventful period was punctuated by a fleeting visit from Tamerlane in 1400. In 1516, Pales- tine was conquered by the Turks, from whom little more than 400 years later the country was delivered by General Allenby. And now, after nearly 2,000 years of exile and persecution, the Jews (who have supplied the world inter alia with Spinoza...
...good play is like a visit to the seashore. It takes John Jones out of himself while he cries and laughs at 'Cyrano de Bergerac', and it leaves him a finer man. His soul is purged and life does not seem quite so mean as it did before. His warped mental vista has been straightened...
Following the speaking there will be a short business meeting at which the chairman of the Board of Critics will be elected. It is this board which will visit the plays current in Boston and pass judgment on their comparative worth...