Word: sincerest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Composer Joseph Haydn's closest friends and sincerest admirers was a phrenology enthusiast named Carl Rosenbaum. Two nights after Haydn's funeral in 1809, Rosenbaum took a shovel, a lantern and a brace of helpers to the fresh grave. When he left, he carried Haydn's head under his arm. His purpose: to save the great man's cranium for the study and admiration of future phrenologists...
...looking for Lucky Bucks. Manhattan's tabloid Daily News, biggest daily in the U.S. (circ. 2,200,000), eyed the Mirror's stunt coldly. But this week the News, which never admits to following the Mirror on any story or circulation stunt, broke out openly into the sincerest form of flattery. In a full-page ad, it blared its reply to the Mirror: "Bonanza Bills worth $2,750 every day! Plus an Extra Bonanza on Sunday...
Rommel got the state funeral he had been promised. Hitler sent a personal message, dripping with crocodile tears, to Frau Rommel: "Accept my sincerest sympathy for the heavy loss you have suffered with the death of your husband...
Hundreds of you wrote in response to that request, and TIME extends its sincerest thanks to all who did. Reprinted below are excerpts from some of the letters recalling incidents from TIME'S early days...
Again, my sincerest congratulations and best wishes. Paul A. Schlipp, Professor of Philosophy Northwestern University