Word: sir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: Mr. Sinatra's loss is our gain. I am so glad I am living during this Mia Farrow era. She not only has talent beyond words, but also beauty, intellect, enchantment and charm. Happiness...
...Sir: Your article "Harpin' Boont in Boonville" [Feb. 7] is an excellent object lesson in the origins of language. Semanticists and some religious scholars like to pretend that language was handed down to us by God, or that the Greeks, Romans or Hebrews had some magical formula for the creation of living language...
...Sir: TIME says "we need well-planned recreational development," as if this applied to Disney Corporation's plans for Mineral King [Feb. 7]. You would ignore the thousands who pilgrimage annually up the winding forest road to find deep enjoyment and escape from urban pressures in simple camping, hiking and horseback riding away from the asphalt wastelands of Southern California. You would "improve" this Shangri-la by callously jamming 81/2 miles of superhighway through a wild section of Sequoia National Park, set aside for posterity in 1890, Then you would transform the tiny mountain valley into a parking...
...Sir: "Lemonade Lucy" was the sobriquet applied to Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, member of the W.C.T.U., for refusing to serve liquor at White House affairs. Will Mrs. Nixon be dubbed "Punch-Bowl Pat" for serving church-social punch...
...Sir: While I appreciated the article "Praying Together, Staying Together" [Feb. 7], I was amazed at TIME'S misinterpretation of my inaugural prayer...