Word: thanked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...honor he prizes most is a letter dated Aug. 24. 1954. the day after an interim report to the nation by the President: "Just a note to thank you and your staff for the extraordinary cooperation that you gave to my staff and me in the telecast from your studio last evening. It was a distinct pleasure to have the opportunity to meet you. Very sincerely, Dwight D. Eisenhower...
...Kremlin men cheered. Gomulka laughed. Red-faced and gesticulating, Nikita rolled on: "The situation is favorable to us. If God existed, we would thank him for this. On Hungary-we had Hungary thrust upon us. We are very sorry that such a situation exists there, but the most important thing is that the counterrevolution must be shattered. They accuse us of interfering in Hungary's internal affairs. They find the most fearful words to accuse us. But when the British. French and Israelis cut the throats of the Egyptians, that is only a police action aimed at restoring order...
...literary opinion ("This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have"), a thank-you note ("Thank you for your nice present. I always wanted a pin cushion, although not very much"), or a get-well verse to teacher...
...stone being rolled away, and the sound was the voice of The Big Man. "You are not afraid of me?" he asked. Marcelino smiled. "You know who I am?" And Marcelino said simply, "Yes. You are the Lord." "You are a good boy," The Big Man said, "and I thank you. From this day you shall be called Marcelino of the Bread and Wine...
...week's end, Eden was applauded by crowds on the sidewalk, applauded again when the waiting dignitaries broke precedent to cheer him and Lady Eden as they entered on a flourish of trumpets. In pubs and farms, the reaction of many a normally loyal Labor voter was: "Thank heaven Eden had the guts to take firm action." Though Labor M.P.s harangued crowds from Newcastle-on-Tyne to Southampton on the theme of "law not war," their impact seemed to be diminishing. A worried Tory campaign manager thought that Eden seemed to have most people with him "but this thing...