Word: dears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Picnic. Three days before the House vote, the President invited 15 pivotal Democrats to Camp David for an all-American afternoon of hot dogs, hamburgers and homily. Among them was Glenn English, a fourth-term Congressman from Oklahoma. Reagan followed up the hamburger with a handwritten note to "Dear Glenn," promising to veto any bills that would authorize a windfall-profits tax on natural gas. English later showed the note to colleagues of his with natural gas interests among their constituents. They, like English, voted Reagan...
...letter for me today? The efficient, sympathetic mademoiselle behind the counter nods yes, and watches aging eyes light up-or says, "Hélas, non, madame," and averts her glance from a spinsterly face gone slack. When you send a letter to your love -even if he is a "Dear Stranger" who caresses you through the mail-an "Hélas, non, madame "can break your heart...
...staff of the Star as any editor can be") presided over a wake. Staffers sipped champagne while checking the cluttered newsroom bulletin board for job openings at other papers. Late in the afternoon, a message from Katharine Graham, board chairman of the Washington Post Co., was tacked up: "Dear Murray," she wrote, "my heart is broken for you." On seeing the note, some staffers jeered...
...head of the Veterans' Bureau, was traveling about the country, letting contracts for federal hospitals. He was generous with the taxpayers' money, paying inflated prices to grateful builders and then pocketing the difference. Forbes also liked to sell Government surplus goods cheap and then restock empty warehouses dear. The buyers, the sellers and Forbes all profited handsomely...
From the bidigital look of things, his typing speed may fall short of Competitors Ann Landers and Dear Abby, but make no mistake about it, Representative Claude Pepper, 80, is really keyed up over his new advice column, syndicated to some 700 newspapers. Since he is also chairman of the House Select Committee on Aging, Congressman Pepper's "Lonely Heart's Club" banter will deal with the concerns of the elderly. But like any columnist worth his salt, Pepper will spice up matters with advice to the lovelorn. Asked one reader: "I am 74 years old, a widower...