Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Illinois' Governor Dwight H. Green, interrupting a vacation to visit the scene, reported that all state mine-safety laws had been complied with. John L. Lewis, interrupting a visit to his mother in Springfield, Ill., was greeted at Old Ben's tipple by his younger brother, 54-year-old, publicity-shy Howard Lewis.* Underground superintendent for No. 8, Howard had luckily not been below when the blast occurred...
...tall, whip-smart young Jesuit named Father Hernan Benitez saw to it that Eva Perén's visit to Paris was the works. He showed up in the French capital ahead of time, quickly signed up the big shots for dinners and receptions, arranged a sightseeing schedule that omitted few historical monuments. But Father Benitez, who is both Evita's chaperon and confessor, could do nothing about the weather. The weather was cruel...
...succeeding days there was luncheon with President Vincent Auriol at the Château de Rambouillet, dinner with Foreign Minister Bidault, a visit to Versailles. One hot afternoon (95°), Evita slipped into Notre-Dame, listened to a brief sermon, prayed, then drove back to the Ritz for a bath. Always there were rich food and champagne and the tasteless corn-bread that is found cn most French tables. It was a polite way of emphasizing French need for Argentine wheat...
...mannequins who gave an unprecedented private showing from four of the best-known houses of French haute couture. Other women have to go to the dressmakers; but the dressmakers came to Evita. Members of her entourage said she was "very tired." She canceled an appointment to visit the Louvre, and Father Benitez pinch-hit for her on the radio...
...fixture in the family circle, his name crept into Elizabeth's tea-table talk. Her friends began to have their suspicions, and often prankish Princess Margaret would infuriate her sister by wondering out loud if Elizabeth's heart was jumping when Philip was due for a visit. Then, last fall, Philip spent several weeks with the Royal Family at Balmoral. By the time Philip's visit was over, Elizabeth's mind was made up, and she told her father all about it. As fathers the world over are prone to do, George suggested that she wait...