Word: visitores
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...blue noses and laws to match. Vaudevillians could always count on the foibles of the Watch and Ward Society for a few derisive laughs, and Boston prudery was as much a part of folklore as Western rawness and Southern comforts. Times, whether for good or ill, have changed; a visitor to the city can prowl most of Boston before he runs across much restriction or even restraint. But though the nineteenth-century veneer of its citizenry is no more, the Commonwealth clings to laws of Victorian vintage...
...During early fall we began hearing Nasser's name more and more. He led debate over outlawing the Wafd Party. When you went to Naguib's office, you noticed that every visitor and every piece of paper went first to Nasser in a small, nearby office before reaching Naguib himself. Gradually, as it became obvious that other members of the Revolutionary Council deferred to him, we became convinced that Nasser was the regime's No. 2 man. It became apparent about this time that Naguib was spending so much time kissing babies and other public-relations chores...
Penniston said last night that he had taken no special notice of the visitor and continued with his work. "I hardly saw him and cannot describe him, but I noticed that after he went out, he stopped before the door at 23," he said...
...jail almost as much as he was out. Betweentimes he lived luxuriously, on the profits of his smuggling operations, in well-appointed establishments all over the Continent. Sometimes he found the opportunity to drop in on his wife and mother-in-law at Ealing, where he was a welcome visitor with his own latchkey and a place to keep a few possessions, including two submachine guns...
...week's end, as Paris throbbed with meetings, arguments and suggested solutions, 31 worker-priests addressed a letter to Cardinal Feltin, Archbishop of Paris, protesting their loyalty but begging him "not to betray the missionary effort of France." Perusing this petition last week, an abbe called a visitor's attention to its opening words: "You know we have always recognized your authority as a bishop...