Word: thanking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tell you having my book, The Morning and the Evening, selected for review by TIME. I think it would be flattering under any circumstance, but certainly for a first novelist. I think probably it will be brought to more people's attention through TIME than any other way. Thank your reviewer very much for his kind remarks about the book and for his thoughtful analysis...
...Thank God for men like Newton Minow [May 19]. The argument used by spokesmen for the TV industry could well be used by the dope peddler: "I'm only giving them what they want." Since a great mass of our population is made up of uneducated, unimaginative people, who would sit in front of the TV set and watch beep signals if that was the only program available, the leaders of the industry have the definite responsibility to set standards at a high level...
...that, they could in part thank Governor John Patterson. A militant segregationist who solicited Ku Klux Klan support in his election campaign, Patterson once said that integration would come to Alabama only "over my dead body." In his inaugural address Patterson declared: "I will oppose with every ounce of energy I possess and will use every power at my command to prevent any mixing of white and Negro races in the classrooms of this state." Said he as the Freedom Riders approached: "The people of Alabama are so enraged that I cannot guarantee protection for this bunch of rabble-rousers...
...Thank God we have a President who is young enough to try new ideas, mature enough to learn from his mistakes, and courageous enough to admit he was in error and try again with new faith and enthusiasm...
Philip Hofer, curator of printing and graphic arts at the Harvard College Library, has devoted the energies of a lifetime to making this exhibit possible. His contributions form a considerable portion of the collection, and you may thank him, as director of the exhibit, for the well-spaced, esthetic scheme of display employed...