Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sir / Re Khrushchev's memoirs [May 6]: it was a very enlightening experience to look inside a man whom I had always thought of as a shoe-stomping tyrant and find that he was a very intelligent, concerned and compassionate individual. It is no wonder he was ousted: he was too human...
...Sir / I attend an alternative school like the one in Pasadena [May 6]. Mine is the first of its kind in this area. Even though the school board voted to let us continue through next year, there are still those who cry for blood. Things like cursing, bare feet in class and smoking are not, in my opinion, substantial reasons for shutting down a school that has eliminated the teacher-student barrier and has helped many of us find ourselves and learn to reach others. Alternative schools may still be experimental, but we deserve a trial before we are condemned...
...Sir / To teach in a school like John Marshall Fundamental School in Pasadena, Calif., would be a dream come true. There must be a waiting list for teachers...
...Sir / Re Pat L. Tornillo v. Miami Herald [April 29]: I am amazed that the basic right to reply in case of offensive or inaccurate newspaper reports is being questioned in the U.S. In Colombia, a 1944 law gives all citizens (not only political candidates) the right to have a reply published within three days. If the paper does not comply, the citizen may resort to a special judicial procedure in which the judge decides in 48 hours...
...more than 180 tons of gold objects and 16,000 tons of silver had been pumped back to Spain from the mineral veins of its colonies, altering the political balance of Europe. "It is his Indian Golde," wrote Sir Walter Raleigh of the Emperor Charles V in 1596, "that indangereth and disturbeth all the nations of Europe, it purchaseth intelligence, creepeth into Councels." Indeed, the tonnage figure is conservative. Much more was taken than the clerks recorded. And for centuries, at home as well as abroad, all was destroyed. Until quite recently, Raleigh's "Indian Golde" was still being...