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Word: thanked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been in office less than a year. But when he was called at home well after midnight to come talk with the students, he made sure to bring enough coffee and doughnuts for everyone. "I want to thank you all for coming here to show your concern for the Law School," Bok said when he climbed on a table to address them...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Bok's Past--and Future | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

Although they tried hard, Peter lennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather had more than a little trouble finding other topics to hold viewer interest throughout the evening. And for that, they had themselves to thank. With sophisticated computers and tracking polls, each network was able to predict early on not only Reagan's reelection victory but also its magnitude. Much controversy followed network coverage of the presidential election in 1980, when NBC predicted Reagan's victory at 8:15 p.m. EST, long before Western polls had closed. Members of Congress advocated network self-restraint. But CBS, NBC and ABC rightly...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Spoiling the Show | 11/9/1984 | See Source »

Reagan: This is Ron. The right hand gang and I are boozing it up pretty well on these sunny western shores, but listen, I just wanted to thank you for all the help on our campaign blitz...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Strange Bedfellows | 11/9/1984 | See Source »

...Rear Admiral Ralph Hedges, commander of U.S. forces in the Caribbean, paid tribute to the 19 servicemen who died in last year's momentous rescue mission. In the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, some 450 local citizens and dignitaries heard Father Cyril Lamontagne of St. Lucia thank the Lord, who, he said, "stretched forth his mighty hand to bring us back from the mouth of hell." On the main campus of the St. George's University School of Medicine, where the presence of some 600 American students had provided the rationale for the Oct. 25 invasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grenada: Waiting in Paradise | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

...says, is by providing a good example plus tireless nagging. "It takes 18 years of constant work to get [a child] into presentable enough shape so that a college will take him or her off your hands," she announces. The child must be taught not just to say thank you, not even just to treat other people with consideration, but to see that the world is organized in a certain way, and that the rules were created to make life more bearable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Minding Our Manners Again | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

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