Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hopeful. Arakelian took Avak to his Palm Springs mansion, "Dream of the Desert," once owned by Barbara Hutton. Avak paid a brief visit to his new patient, placed his hands on Vaughn Arakelian's shoulders and told him: "You are going to get well in a very short time." Then the young faith healer retired to the more modest home of one of Arakelian's neighbors. He walked in the yard, went for an auto ride through town, ate cheese, vegetables and bread. He could read no English, but he ruffled interestedly through stacks of mail and telegrams...
Mayor Earl Riley of Portland, Ore., home from a visit to San Francisco, got a visit from San Francisco's Mayor Roger Lapham, who dropped in to sympathize. Riley was abed with three busted ribs after a skid in a San Francisco bathtub...
...bands to serenade the Americans nightly. They played Nepalese hill tunes and a creditable version of the Star-Spangled Banner. There were numerous dinners, receptions, reviews, movie showings and sightseeing tours. Formal afternoon clothes, as well as white ties and tails, were frequently worn. But the highlights of the visit were two official durbars. For the first durbar Nepal's King, Maharajadhiraja Tribhubana Bir Bikram Jung Bahadur Shah Bahadur Shum Shere Jung Deva,* who rarely appears in public, officially presided in a long baroque hall hung with pictures of his predecessors. Satterthwaite presented a letter from President Truman...
...playboy. They made pointed remarks about his summer custom of riding a bicycle in shorts, sniggered discreetly when he tumbled into the river while boating. But last week the tune changed. Even rightist papers ran friendly stories, and printed such folksy notes as an item regarding his visit to the movies with his handsome, blonde wife Rosa and teen-age daughters Silvia and Rosa. The reason for this new friendliness: Gonzÿlez had turned his back on the Communists...
When war came, Alec joined the Navy - and so to Broadway. In 1942, in Boston to pick up and deliver home an L.C.I., which was delayed, he popped down to New York for a visit. Result: he got a speaking part in Terence Rattigan's RAFizzle (a hit in London) Flare Path...