Word: dears
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Europeans of Algeria last week were neither soothed by words nor pacified by bullets. From every quarter came appeals to reason. Pope John XXIII wired Archbishop Leon Duval of Algiers, lamenting the "sorrows striking the populations of this land so dear to us" and begging "God to restore concord and end the fratricidal combat." France's High Commissioner Christian Fouchet made a moving radio appeal to the "French of Algeria," asking them not to separate themselves from the homeland. But the Europeans mostly followed the stern orders of the Secret Army Organization's gunmen, who ordered them into...
...came to Akron. A square-built six-footer, he recalls an uncertain beginning back in Kentucky, where he smoked and drank in the pool halls of Paducah. He quit drinking in 1924, when he became a Christian, and quit smoking in 1927. when his son was born. When prayer ("Dear Lord, if you will let my dear baby Chuckie live") saved his son from a serious illness, Billington, then an Akron rubber worker, promised to preach. True to his word, he began "Bible searching'' after work, found a job as an usher-bouncer in a revival temple...
...hard. "Ah, c'mon!" Mum squalls at the baby. "Yer not tryin'." Dad weaves toward the bathroom, battles an ancient geyser for five minutes, achieves a pathetic dribble of tepid water, starts to shave. "Breakfast!" Dad slumps groggily over his coffee. "Now don't be late, dear." Dad rises wearily, kisses his daughter goodbye. She draws back as if from a leper. "You've got bad breath!" Is it any wonder that Dad, a librarian somewhere in Wales, goes barmy in the back stacks with the first pretty woman (Mai Zetterling) who evinces interest...
...church's senate, a cardinal advises the Pope on church policy, helps run the Vatican's huge bureaucracy, and will elect one of his number to the papacy when John XXIII dies. But he is also a prince; letters to him from Catholic kings are properly addressed "Dear Cousin...
...scenario at New York City's Idlewild Airport last week was right out of The Untouchables. This guy gets off the plane from Hollywood and a messenger comes up to him and hands him this sealed envelope. He opens the envelope. The letter says something like this: "Dear Mr. Treyz: As of this date your services as network president will no longer be required by the American Broadcasting Co. SIGNED: Leonard Goldenson...