Word: telegramed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their final resting place at Harvard. But not until August 20, 1940 did the papers, under armed guard, reach Cambridge. On their arrival library officials immediately telephoned Langer, who was then vacationing at Gloucester, and asked him, to come to Cambridge to inspect the documents. They also despatched a telegram to Trotsky informing him of the safe arrival of his archives...
After months of anxiety the telegram from Harvard must have been a great relief. Ironically, that same day, the very day he learned that his papers would be preserved and protected, Trotsky was assassinated. A man calling himself Frank Jacson, who had connived his way into Trotsky's confidence, crept up behind him while he was at work in his study, and crushed his skull with...
...official invitation, he decided he didn't feel at all connected to the White House and that what the White House was doing didn't have much connection with the arts." Whereupon Lowell, reflecting the general disaffection of intellectuals with L.B.J., sent the President a telegram declining the invitation. "We are in danger of becoming an explosive and suddenly chauvinistic nation," he wrote. "Every serious artist knows that he cannot enjoy public celebration without making public commitments." Lowell was pleased by the "hundreds of letters" of congratulations that ensued, but he was not prepared for a sudden rush...
Alyansky: How can I transmit a telegram right...
Alyansky (beginning to dictate a telegram): I'm dying of love...