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Word: visitant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stood while he departed. While the great men of Brazil had an intermission to recover their emotional balance, President Roosevelt retired to the Renaissance mansion of his old friend, Tycoon Carlos Guinle. There Franklin Roosevelt unbent for Brazilian newshawks, charmed them by expressing the hope that President Vargas would visit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Southern Cross | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...machine which carries on a monarch's duties when for some reason he is unable to fulfill them. Edward is like a bull in a china shop, breaking traditions every time he moves, and it is clear that the ruling class wishes that someone else were King. In a visit to the slums of South Wales Edward's actions, gave the impression that he would like to help but was hampered by Parliament, thus further irritating the cabinet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VENUS TAKES THE SCEPTRE | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

...absence from Columbia University does not expire until next June, was not officially explained. Personal reasons might have caused it: his wife recently left Washington and returned to Manhattan. But his official position in Washington had also grown uncomfortable. He still enjoyed the Presidential favor, particularly shown in a visit to his Greenbelt satellite city (TIME, Nov. 23). However, his Resettlement Administration, with its high costs (administrative overhead 13? on the dollar) and record of questionable success, faced difficulty in getting new appropriations from Congress. In parts of the South many a no-good farmer who has been "rehabilitated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Molasses Man | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

Fortnight ago Dayang Dayang returned from a visit to Manila and Sultan Wasit went to see her. Then he went home and a few days later suddenly, like his brother before him, was called to Paradise. A "doctor" said he died of heart disease, but speculation was rife as to the cause of his opportune death. Opportune it was for Princess Dayang Dayang because Sultan Wasit, like Edward VIII, had not yet been crowned, and not having been crowned, his son, Ismale, had neither the formal title of crown prince nor a clear right of succession. Thus Dayang Dayang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Wasit to Paradise | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

...before, President de Valera and Minister Owsley had talked briefly with the man whose mail contracts will be the lifeblood of any transatlantic airline-U. S. Postmaster General James A. Farley, in Ireland to visit his family home. The Lindbergh party did not encounter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Shannon Survey | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

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