Word: dears
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...income-tax form, what to do when his wife's checkbook doesn't balance, whom to notify when he dies. ¶How to dress in the office ("Grecian sandals are not appropriate"). ¶How to begin a letter to the Lord Chief Justice of England ("My dear Lord Chief Justice"), and to the Commissioners of the City of Buffalo ("Sirs"). ¶ How to brush off a begging letter to the boss ("I wish I could, but I can't. I have come to the sad conclusion that I am carrying all the Good Causes I can possibly...
...dispossessed iron & steel industry to a cocktail party. Said one of them, privately: "No, I'm not going. I don't know the chairman, and I don't wish to. If I must correspond with him in future, I prefer to address him as 'Dear Sir' rather than 'Dear Mr. Hardie...
This time, if the lobby wins again, its victory may cost the U.S. dear. Canada is ready to tackle the seaway alone if the U.S. is still undecided by the end of 1951. An all-Canadian route would be somewhat more difficult to build, but the extra cost would come to only $30 million. Canada could finance the whole project if it had to, and there is no impossible problem of engineering or supply. U.S. business in the end would have to pay most of the bill through toll charges, and U.S. shipping might be hurt by discriminatory rates...
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Eighth--Simpering is not a crime punishable by death, (which is the frequent result of drafting dear lady) any more than is wetting his pants at age three, or being too noisy to suit the neighbors at age twelve...