Word: thanking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing to public attention "The Conservative." May it well know that The Conservative is not to be found preserved in formaldehyde at the local museum, but rather alive throughout the United States in an assortment of ages, sizes, colors and shapes...
...transported several miles to be released. "The Chief" was less tender toward his editors. The best story of the fear he inspired in them is probably apocryphal. One frequently terrified editor, "Bugs" Tuttle, begged an assistant to open a telegram one day. "Your mother is dead," read the message. "Thank God!" Bugs Tuttle reportedly said. "I thought it was a wire from Mr. Hearst...
...gilt isolation of Paris' Elysee Palace, President Charles de Gaulle last week savored his victory in the nationwide referendum. "A good result," said De Gaulle contentedly. When a Minister suggested that he should make a speech of thanks to the electorate, De Gaulle replied loftily, "France cannot thank France," and then retired into that aloof silence which he has said "enhances authority...
...dream, everything seemed to be moving at half speed. But slowly, the Congo's balance was tipping toward the forces that bore the label of reckless Patrice Lumumba, though he was still in Colonel Joseph Mobutu's jail. If Lumumba won, the world could thank the ceaseless efforts of Moscow and Cairo and Accra. The U.N. itself, under the myriad pressures of its diverse membership, stood by in confusion...
Meanwhile, urgent calls to the state police barracks five miles away got the playing-dumb response of "thank you" and advice to check with Governor Vandiver. Not a single state trooper arrived until long after local police broke up the riot with tear gas at about...