Word: mccormack
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...McCormack said that he and his brother Brian, looking for a way to promote peace, asked themselves: “What could we try that hadn’t been tried before...
...brothers contacted heads of state and media outlets across the globe to garner support for their holiday. In 1973, 15 countries celebrated the holiday. Today, people in 180 nations will observe World Hello Day, according to the McCormack brothers...
...Some people think of ‘hello’ as just a word of greeting, but it can be much more,” Colin Powell, then the highest-ranking American military officer, wrote in a 1992 letter to McCormack. “It serves as a door through which to gain access to greater understanding among peoples and nations as we continue the quest for world peace,” Powell added...
According to the McCormack brothers, 31 Nobel Peace Prize winners have recognized the holiday, including Mother Teresa and Mikhail S. Gorbachev...
...Every day the people in the whole world are wishing each other everything best in different languages,” Gorbachev wrote in a 1994 letter to McCormack. “This is a symbolic thing. It expresses the essence of human life,” the former Soviet leader added...