Word: thankfully
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...when untold millions migrated to California in search of the Golden State dream [July 18], we longtime California residents began to realize that our beautiful state was being devastated by out-of-state foreigners. So we started an unspoken and subliminal campaign to discourage people from relocating here. Thank you, Mr. DeVoss, for informing the rest of the world that California truly is a miserable place to live...
...that is going to be a problem, and we have the West to thank for that. Long ago I told the Americans that if the West was not careful, it would find itself fighting against black people in southern Africa because, according to the West, the blacks were supporting Communism. Western civilization is based on Christian love. The racists, the fascists in southern Africa are the opposite, but they do what they do in your name, and the black masses begin to consider Western civilization as racist and fascist. Africans have turned to the only people who support their case...
...told by her doctor that she has cancer of the cervix. Fortunately the disease is at an early stage. One operation and then Hannah can resume the life of a middle-class English suburban housewife. She says no. She will take the two years remaining to her, thank you, and call it a life. Irked at having his advice dismissed so airily, and by a woman to boot, the doctor asks Hannah why. "I have not done anything at all without someone else's interests being the prime factor," she replies. "This is the last opportunity. I insist...
...question that Washington was impressed by Pérez. Said a White House official after he departed: "His country is one of the few surviving democracies of Latin America, a $3 billion-a-year market for U.S. goods, and is interacting with the U.S. in a brand-new way. Thank God, he's a guy with whom we can still hold a dialogue...
...high school student I find myself with a new and sincere interest in politics. For this I thank Jody Powell and Hamilton Jordan, two intelligent, charming and handsome men, who have humanized the Washington scene and sparked many of us into feeling a little bit closer...