Word: visitor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When foreigners come, the Key tries to supply a guide from the same country or one who can speak the visitor's native language...
...verdict came out just about the same. At losses ranging from $15,000 to $23,000 a week, Farrell, who has watched almost every one of the 100 performances, stuck to his conviction that his show was the best musical on Broadway. As a visitor to Manhattan, he has seen every musical since 1914. Rich and corny All for Love, reminiscent of them all, is a middle-aged small-towner's nostalgic dream of a big-time show...
...Rangoon many years ago, according to a Burmese anecdote, a newly arrived and impeccably dressed visitor from Britain presented himself at the house of a Burmese dignitary. He was met by a bevy of lovely Burmese girls carrying bowls of water, who said a few words in their native tongue. Anxious to be agreeable, the Briton nodded, whereupon the maidens deluged him, from topper to spats, with cold water. The master of the house laughed & laughed...
...three days, the celestial visitor departed, leaving the Burmese to hang up their clothes...
...information desk of Oklahoma City's Daily Oklahoman, a well-dressed, fidgety woman asked to see "the woman who gives people advice." A receptionist turned the visitor over to blonde Reporter Imogene Patrick, who soon realized that she had a Page One story...