Word: thankfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thank you very much for your excellent article on our brother, C. R. Smith, and American Airlines. You quote C. R. as saying that he "liked" our mother. "Like" is an understatement. Our admiration for her is unbounded...
...that?" asked Harry. "I was superintendent of schools in '93," answered Garner. "The youth of the country is more important than anything." Truman nodded sagely. Later as Truman and Rayburn led a ragged chorus of "Happy Birthday," Celebrator Garner sliced into a handsome cake, quavered a brief thank-you speech. "I love everybody." he concluded. "I've never had any hatred in my heart." Then, amid cheers, the old man shuffled off for his afternoon nap while the boys lined up for the backyard feast...
...represent the U.S. in United Nations discussions on space problems, an urgent request that he attend the inauguration on Dec. 1 of Mexico's President-elect Adolfo Lopez Mateos. The three beige telephones on the desk rang constantly. One call came from a newly elected Western Senator thanking Johnson for campaign help. "Thank you. Senator," replied Johnson, "you're very kind. I'd like very much for you to come down here, come down to the ranch. We'll talk about what committee assignments would be best for you and anything else you want to bring...
...slender, 48-year-old Dominican priest could scarcely believe the news: the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament had just awarded him the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize. "I'm too young." Father Georges Pire protested. But an hour and a half later, he sent off his acceptance: "Say thank you to Norway, whose heart has replied so splendidly to mine...
...writing this letter not by way of complaint: I know how hard it is to get facts of this sort accurately reported. My purpose is simply to set the record straight. In closing let me thank your reporter for quoting the description of me as a "notoriously independent thinker." In this day and age I can thing of no greater compliment. Paul M. Sweezy...