Word: visitor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's most distinguished visitor to Washington is France's Premier Guy Mol-let, a Socialist, who has just set a record in office of twelve months and 26 days, longer than any other French Premier of the Fourth Republic...
...Arthur points out, the Crimson should score almost at will, as the chief Jumbo weakness is its weak and inexperienced defense. Crimson Coach Cooney Weiland's three lines should quickly wear out whatever opposition Tufts will put up, and from that time on, the visitor's goalie, Dave Phelan, should have a busy night. As to his offense, Arthur said, "I doubt we'll ever be in your territory...
Visit does have a genuine and very pleasant first act. The visitor arrives in 1957 from afar, his timing a little askew: he had hoped (and dressed) for the Civil War. Under the surveillance of a general from the Pentagon, he looks about, comments, inquires, and finding that waging war is still Earth's mightiest talent, is all ready to wage an outsized one himself. After that, though satire still fitfully raises its slightly aching head, Visit introduces just about every known vaudeville and revue routine except xylophone-playing and sawing a woman in half. There is an animal...
Civilization has barely scratched the Urubu. For the visitor this makes conversation strictly one-way, because talk about railway trains, skyscrapers or factories only bewilders them. Huxley found that the only Western institution the Urubus could appreciate was Queen Elizabeth's coronation, which he was required to enact again and again. Missionaries told the Urubu Indians about the Christ child long ago; but then the missionaries sailed away, leaving Maïr in full possession. Today, only dogs, chickens and ducks are deemed the creations of the Christ child. Everything else is ghosts and spirits-and an impressive ghost...
...accepted an invitation to visit Finland in the spring. Cracked Khrushchev: "Spring is the best time of the year because love is then at its strongest." Meanwhile, Defense Minister Marshal Georgy Zhukov was visiting India. Although Nehru pointedly spent more time in the company of another visitor, his old friend Lady Mountbatten, Zhukov had a profitable week riding an elephant and showing Nehru's tough Indian cadets how to use a bayonet...