Word: thanking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Colors of Apartheid Sir: A heartfelt thank-you for a brief but conspicuous outline [July 6] of apartheid. It is possible that by the time you receive this, your correspondent, Lee Griggs, will be packing his bags at the invitation of the South African government and moving elsewhere; for to criticize, censure or write about South Africa's policies in an unfavorable way is tantamount to treason...
...Thank you kindly for your mention of Vacation Place, my summer camp for girls at Southampton, N.Y. [June 29]. I shudder just a little, however, at the note that it is for "aspiring models." It isn't, you know; actually it's for jeunes filles who want to be slicked up a little in walking, talking, putting on lip lines correctly...
...copies of LIFE'S international edition. We originally intended these short-term subscriptions as a reminder of home as they settle in, but we are learning from their enthusiastic letters that our magazines are serving a further purpose. "Mabalos Po," writes Peace Corps Volunteer Edward T. Kelley II, "thank you very much, in my new language, the Bikol dialect." He is now circulating the magazines among the townspeople of Malilipot in the Philippines, in a new reading center he is establishing there. The same notion seems to have occurred to volunteers in many other places, and we think...
...Thank the court for insight...
...that brought the audience to its feet and saved the evening. Vocalist Joya Sherrill, in strapless white gown, belted out a medley of show tunes, broke into a fractured Russian jazz version of the popular song Katyusha, finally set the crowd roaring by drawling out a throaty "Spasibo bolshoe" (Thank you very much). After five encores, the band signed off with its theme song, Let's Dance. The audience continued to clap rhythmically, and Goodman led his weary men back onstage for another 15 minutes of encores. Even then, the audience would not leave until Goodman appeared again onstage...