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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com18THE EDUCATION OF AYN RAND, 1905–1943contemptuous, was that of an ancient chieftain who could order men todie, and his eyes were such as could watch it.” 19 Fascinated by the intenseyoung Alisa, Lev for a time became a regular visitor to the Rosenbaumhousehold. But he had no genuine interest in a romance, soon abandoningher for other pursuits. Alisa was crushed. Lev symbolized all the lostpossibility of her life in Russia.As she listened to her beloved eldest daughter shouting withdespair behind her bedroom door, Anna knew she must get Alisaout of Russia. 20 It took months to lay the groundwork. The first stepwas English lessons. Next Anna, Natasha, and Nora began a newround of fervent Communist activity intended to prove the family’sloyalty to the Revolution, even as Anna began securing the permitsfor Alisa’s escape. The Rosenbaums claimed that Alisa intended tostudy American movies and return to help launch the Russian filmindustry, a lie made plausible by her enrollment at the film instituteand the fact that her relatives owned a theater. All of Anna’s Chicagorelatives, the Portnoy, Lipski, Satrin, and Goldberg families, pledgedtheir support.Alisa’s impending departure made the entire family tense. At eachbureaucratic hurdle Alisa was struck with panic attacks at the prospectthat she might not escape. Even as they urged her to use any means necessaryto stay in the United States, the Rosenbaums were devastated byher departure. Alisa appeared more sanguine. Going to America was like“going to Mars,” and she knew she might never see her family again. Yetshe was supremely confident about her own prospects, and also sharedher father’s sense that the Communist government could not last. “I’llbe famous by the time I return,” she shouted to her stricken family as thetrain pulled out of the Leningrad station in January 1926. Aside from thelovelorn Seriozha, who would accompany her as far as Moscow, Alisawas on her own. She carried with her seventeen film scenarios and a preciousstone sewn into her clothes by Anna. Nora, Natasha, and her cousinschased after the train as it faded into the distance. Zinovy returnedhome and wept. 21Leaving Russia was only the first step, for Alisa still had to receiveimmigration papers from the American consulate in neighboringLatvia. Just a year earlier, responding to rising nativist sentiment, theU.S. Congress had moved to severely restrict immigration from Russia