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...MAIL THANK-YOUS FOR BUSINESS GIFTS "It's adequate, but it's not the preferred method. It's better than nothing. If you have a choice, which most of us do, get out the handwritten note. It will make a huge difference...
...Thank you for calling. To get you the help you need as fast as possible, we need to know why you called. Please say one of the following key words: 1) "weasel" if you were hoping we wouldn't be home, so that you could leave a message and get credit for calling; 2) "bored" if you are stuck in traffic and have time to waste but none of your friends you really want to talk to are home; 3) "lawn mower" if we borrowed something of yours, never returned it, and you want it back; 6) "whoops...
...like to thank you for confirming your purchase of the Mr. Smokey Outdoor Grilling Station with removable tray for cutting and serving meat. Congratulations! Say yes if you would like to hear about the bonus monogrammed brander, yours when you become a Mr. Smokey member...
...mention that class in, say, moral reasoning, is a few groans and mumbles of sympathy, then a declaration of fear. When I told a girl studying natural sciences (something abbreviated and pronounced “natsky”), she looked at me in pity, then said, “Thank God I don’t have to write papers anymore. I stopped at 16, and I can’t write them anymore.” Paper writing suddenly sounds like an unfortunate affliction with a tortured history and a feared presence. Similarly, a history student who heard about...
...page's influence. As TIME's Thomas Griffith once put it, he modulated the page's "Ugh, Big Chief Has Spoken" voice, leavening its ponderous eminence with impish wit ("Helsinki, Schmelsinki," proclaimed a skeptical editorial on the 1975 human-rights accords). Now the family man can look back and thank Reston for his advice. Max Frankel stands on the highest step of the Times platform, possessor of one of the most powerful jobs in American journalism...