Word: dears
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...public pageants that would dwarf a Cecil B. DeMille production. What factions may exist in the leadership, who controls them and what they stand for -- all are practically pure guesswork on the part of the most diligent outside intelligence analysts. What is reputed about Jong Il -- known as the Dear Leader -- is itself a mass of contradictions: terrorist and warmonger, or would-be economic reformer and peacemaker? A pampered, pouting sorehead indifferent to responsibilities, or a relatively shrewd go-getter who has mastered much statecraft...
...last weekend, however, the Dear Leader had still not sewn up his accession. The fact that the announcement of his father's death was delayed a full day and a half suggested to some outsiders that Kim Jong Il was busy lining up support behind the scenes. Several hours after the broadcast, a number of top Establishment figures came out with statements of allegiance to him. Even then, he was not styled President -- yet. That formality, assuming it comes, will have to wait for some quasi-coronation ceremonies at high councils of the party and state...
...similar problem came up with my nice,pipe-chewing tutor, scarcely older than I andalready married. As he lit and intricately curledaround his pipe, Mr. Weld would point out how thispoem (any poem) of John Donne's was about sex.SEX?! Oh dear! Holding the gasp, I assumed a blasetone: Oh. Yes. That. Of course...
...Dear Mr. Shapiro...
...Dear Reader...