Word: sir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Well actually, sir, we're canvassing for Mayor Lindsay...
...Sir: Your Essay "What Withdrawal Would Really Mean" [Oct. 24], quotes me twice in a context which suggests that I favor a precipitate withdrawal from Viet Nam. That is quite incorrect...
...Sir: Listen! After the tremendous amount of money, arms, help and good U.S. blood we've poured into that area, if the South Vietnamese were anywhere near united in wanting the war won, it would have been won twice over. If they don't want it won, then what the hell are we doing? Going out looking for a fight...
...election was the P.M. himself. Gorton, 58, took over the party's leadership 21 months ago, after the disappearance of Harold Holt in a tragic swimming accident. Initially, Gorton was immensely popular. He seemed a refreshing change from his two most immediate predecessors: the aloof, Olympian Sir Robert Menzies and the shy. withdrawn Holt. Then troubles began to pile up. Critics cited his penchant for naming unqualified cronies to high ministerial posts, his reluctance to take advice, his generally autocratic manner, and his indiscreet behavior...
...Dear Sir," begins the letter. "This sweater was a Christmas present. Would you please credit it to my account." A mundane note, perhaps. But not when the writer is returning a red cashmere pullover that was a present from her husband, John F. Kennedy. Scribbled across the letter are several notations by the unidentified store's credit department, questioning where the sweater was actually purchased and finally deciding to settle for an $18.50 credit. The latest tidbit of Jacqueline Kennedy memorabilia is soon to be put on the block along with three similar letters (expected price: several hundred dollars...