Word: thanked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...want to get as far away from it as I can, an' I try to, an' the only way I can is in me pictures, me own buildings, me own cities." "A Sort of Spiv." In the past, Taylor has had little to thank life for, and he gives it little thanks. The son of an oddBrian Seed BRITAIN'S TAYLOR & "THE AQUEDUCT...
...that it need not be explained ..." But hearty, Kentucky-born Bishop Quin, whose 35 years as bishop of Texas make him the Episcopal bishop oldest in service, replied bitterly: "I'm the goat ... I do not like the decision. I do not think it was warranted . . . But I thank God for the kind of religion I have ... which gives me the stuff to take it and to keep on plugging for the whole church...
...Confidence. In Jefferson City, Tenn., after failing to win the G.O.P. nomination for sheriff, Farmer Briscoe Holt advertised in the Jefferson County Standard: "I want to thank my 43 friends . . . for casting their votes for me, and to the rest . . . I warn you that I am now going armed with a sawed-off shotgun, because a man that has only 43 friends in a county as big as Jefferson is definitely in need of extra protection...
...fatherhood: "It came a little late in life. I don't understand the children, and I think they don't understand me, and all I can say is 'Thank God for Betty...
Under Separate Cover. In Janesville, Wis., the Parker Pen Co. received a note from a school principal: "I want to thank you for your kindness when we visited your splendid plant . . . I am returning two fountain pens two of my students picked up while we were making the tour...