Word: dears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...serve as a "showcase" for new talent, and a children's theater. The repertory theater will have its own acting company, but will hire special guest stars for each production. Managing Director of Theatre Inc. is Actress Lawrence's husband, Producer Richard Aldrich (Margin for Error, My Dear Children...
...appeal for mercy to the throne. In a letter addressed to King Haakon VII she admitted that she had been "associating with" a German soldier whom she professed to love very much. Now repentant, and suddenly mindful of the consequences, she told the King her prayer for salvation: "Dear God, suffer me not to be shaved. If you cannot prevent men from inflicting this shearing upon me, prevent my soul from being clipped." She hoped for royal understanding of youthful folly: "Dear King Haakon, you yourself have probably once been young and foolish, and surely you can understand that...
...celebrants that the years in prison had not changed his ideas at all. Present fascist tactics are cautious and exploratory. "Alien infiltration," "Socialist bureaucracy," Russia, the U.S. are the targets of propaganda slogans. Later the groups may get together under Sir Oswald, who is finishing a book on matters dear to his heart...
Some of them were stepping down voluntarily. Others would be sifted out by annual physical examinations, which were suspended for officers during the war. To the majority, who wanted to hold on to their stars, the Army was sending a polite, profuse letter: "My dear General"-advising some that they were going to be reduced to their permanent rank, some that they were going to be retired...
...Dear Admiral." The Navy also had a form letter. It let "My dear Admiral" down with a gentler bump. Sent last month to all of the 369 flag officers still on active duty, the Navy's letter simply asked (for guidance in future planning) if the admiral wanted to retire-please reply. Of those who had replied by last week, only 16 said they wanted to get out. Among them were Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey (see above); 62-year-old Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, commander of the Atlantic Fleet throughout most of the war; hardboiled Admiral Emory...