Word: bless
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...time is not a flowing river but a range of mountains, all eternally coexistent. Many of Vonnegut's characters, too, coexist from book to book. Kilgore Trout, the science-fiction writer who eventually becomes the catalyst of disaster in Breakfast of Champions (Delacorte; $7.95), first appeared in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater...
...Truth reveals its secrets only to those who search for it, and no one will ever corner the market. Each age produces its own men of destiny who recognize their role and play their inevitable part in the gigantic cosmic drama that is life. Bless Castaneda [March 5] and his kind! May their number increase! Perhaps they will lead us out of the wilderness of this plane and into that which is our true home, or at least alert those unaware that more is happening to many who are ready than has been reported by the media of every description...
...emotions at this time are indescribable. To be back on American soil has been our dream, our prayer for over seven years. You have reached across time and space and brought us home. Thank you, America. Thank you, Mr. President. May God bless you all. -Air Force Colonel...
...prisoners themselves convincingly refuted such speculation. Said Navy Captain Howard E. Rutledge: " am surprised anyone could conceive that we could come out of there and say anything but 'God bless America.' Added Lieut. Commander Everett Alvarez Jr.: "For years and years we've dreamed of this day, and we kept the faith-faith in God, in our President and in our country...
...Force Major Glendon W. Perkins, were rushed back to the U.S. immediately to see their mothers, who were critically ill. By midweek, the rest began flying home. The welcomes were short and emotional. At Virginia's Norfolk Naval Air Station, a crowd of several hundred people sang God Bless America! and Onward, Christian Soldiers as they waited in the wet night for Denton, Galanti and Navy Captain James A. Mulligan. "Hi, everybody," said Mulligan. "There's something great about kids waving American flags...