Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inevitable that American ideas of Russia should be distorted and highly colored by sensational stories. Even in peace times, the huge expanse, with its innumerable villages and comparatively few large towns, remained an unsolved mystery to most of the few people who troubled to visit it. And when the war out most of the communications, and only the picturesque accounts of the war reporters were forth-coming, the generally lurid impression was not modified. One was taught in school that Russia was composed of a very large number of peasants who slept on the stove and consumed a uniquely potent...
This is Mr. Russell's first visit to America since 1914 when he was special Professor of Philosophy at the University. Even in this short trip, he believes he has seen evidences of a recovery from the conservative apathy, that existed here before the war. "Of course I would like to see a socialist labor party in America. The Labor government in England is going to bring about few vital changes in the social structure but the very fact that it is in power is a sign of a true liberal attitude. And America is certainly progressing in this respect...
...Will Visit Hot Springs First...
That statement can be proven by citing a few of the wise cracks, or dissecting the plot, but it had best be proven by a visit to "Who's Who" itself...
...when she was supposed to be spending the night with neighbors, Although the wagging tongues are silenced by a perfectly good explanation of the affair, Alice, becoming jealous of the attention paid by O'Keele to her older sister, persuades the latter to put the worst interpretation on the visit to New York. With this as her trump card, Alice induces Terry to agree to, the announcement of his engagement...