Word: dears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that you do, I always get them confused," I commanded and began sorting through the day's missives. I leafed quickly past the rejection letters from humor magazines whom I had told that I was a shoo-in for the presidency. They all tended to read the same: "Dear Mr. Oakley, you told us you were going to be president, but we hear that you were absent-minded and forgot where you placed $100,000 of Lampoon money. Thanks for your interest in our publication, but we don't care how prestigious your organization is. If you can't even...
...came next to a letter from some plebeian staff member at Late Night with David Letterman. Most of it was a typewritten form letter, with the usual blank spaces for personalization--like "Dear blank", "thank you for your interest blank", "thanks for your time blank", and "now get lost blank"--except for the handwritten note at the end of the letter, which read "as a result of your application Mr. Blank, we have decided to stop hiring graduates of the Harvard Lampoon until your publication can show that it is capable of producing people who are both funny...
Housing is dear in London, but $60,000 for a broom closet? That was the asking price for a 5 1/2-ft. by 11-ft. room on Princes Court opposite Harrods department store in the affluent Knightsbridge section of the city. Though the cubicle had indeed been a broom closet, it was gussied up with a concealed kitchen sink, Laura Ashley wallpaper and a tiny window...
...dear has made him one of the most controversial
...always comes in last. Moses now and then quite tenderly browses with his hands over one of his animals and pulls off ticks, an act of love. Herding cows is infinitely pleasant for the Masai. It is a matter of walking their money around the grounds. Their cows are dear, animate wealth...