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Resentment

I learned something about
international opinions toward
Americans that I hadn't been
aware of before. As Hasmukh
said, "America is not the most
loved country in the world."
There is much resentment
toward Americans because of
the great wealth we enjoy here
in comparison. Mehmet said,
"Americans are known to be
someone who is sucking the
blood out of the world."

The International Center is
located at 21 University Circle,
an area reminiscent of
aristocratic Georgetown. The
house itself is a venerable
mansion erected in 1919,
seemingly modeled after the
Jeffersonian tradition of the
University.

Center manager Brad
Stillman exhibited the Master
Suite reserved for distinguished
foreign visitors to the
University. The suite doesn't
have a bed yet, but they plan
to find one soon.

The center has been in
operation only since
September, 1972, Mrs. Hale
had previously anticipated the
house as an international "club
house" after the Thornton
daughters bequeathed the house
to the University. Their father
was a professor of Engineering
and Applied Mathematics
around the turn of the century.

The Board of Visitors
subsequently established it as
the International Center. For
anyone interested in becoming
acquainted with this club or
the Center, the Center is open
from 4 to 10 on Sunday
through Friday, and from 12
to 12 on Saturdays. Coffee
hour is 5 to 7 every Thursday
afternoon.