Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were surprised by the outpouring of guests (about 700). Said a Mountbatten aide, remarking the presence of dhoti-clad Devadas Gandhi, the Mahatma's son: "People are here who would never have attended the Viceroy's affairs in the old days." (This week Mohandas Gandhi planned to visit Viceroy House to talk about Britain's transfer of power in June...
Sailors' scuffles are a familiar story in many a port, and in Latin America they have often helped feed anti-U.S. feeling. The Pérez story was another case of a friendly visit marred by hoodlums in uniform. Said a Monte sidewalk philosopher: "It's a pity these sailors should have picked on Uruguay, the only country in South America that really likes...
...Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "I'm going off for a little vacation. I am going away for three weeks-if I can make it, four weeks, and I think I will." He was going to the Cavalier Hotel at Virginia Beach, Va. Later, he might visit other southern cities. On the way home he probably would drop in on President Truman in Washington...
...Unfortunate Custom." The bishopric of Fulham began in the days of Charles I, when a lonely chaplain in charge of the small English community at Ghent asked the Bishop of London to lighten his solitude and brighten his prestige by sending a bishop out for an occasional visit. The Bishop of London responded by creating the first Bishop of Fulham. Technically, the bishop has no diocese, but acts as administrator for North and Central Europe, which is still a suffragan bishopric of London...
...Back-Scratchers-established radio stars who visit each other's shows, without charge, on a "you-scratch-my-back-and-ril-scratch-yours" basis. Under this arrangement, Jack Benny last week assembled a "Million Dollar Quartet" (Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, Andy Russell, Dennis Day) for only $3,000. Russell, the only one without a radio show of his own, was the only one Benny had to pay. World's Champion Back-Scratcher is Bob Hope, who solemnly estimates that during the next month he will spend more than half his waking hours in broadcasting studios...