Word: visitations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Arrived in the U. S. by air from Canada Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 39-year-old Under Secretary of State for Air. He had been inspired to visit the U. S., he said, by his conversations in England with the then Captain Charles Augustus Lindbergh, who had glowingly described to him the progress of aviation. He found, he added, that Captain Lindbergh had understated the wonders of U. S. aviation...
Until a few years ago Cambridge possessed a dignified and justly prized historical relic in the Washington Elm. As a monument the tree was justly famous. Those who visited Cambridge had it pointed out to them. Those who did not visit Cambridge knew the old tree by reputation and by photographs of it in history boks. As a monument the tree became a landmark, and, having a good deal more personality and atmosphere about it than an artificial statue could have had, it was invested with a peculiar symbolism. Now that it has gone, the suggestion is made that...
...chosen as the place where the project was to be carried out. A suite of rooms there was being adapted for my own use and would serve our purpose better than anything else. My associations with Rasputin would afford me an opportunity of persuading him to come and visit...
...President's Visit" said: "Pittsburgh grown great, will grow greater. . . . It has the materials. It has the skill. It has the will. . . ." In another editorial it said: "Now let the Pittsburgh public show to the utmost its appreciation of this Pittsburgh Salon-this international exhibition of paintings...
...Clive has been on the stage for 25 years having made his first appearance on the boards of the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1902. He came to America in 1911 and made his first visit to Boston two years later, appearing in Charles Frohman's production of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's "Mind-the-paint-girl." in which Billie Burke was starred...