Word: thanking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thank you very much for your cover story [Nov. 11] on Bishop James Albert Pike, a man whom I greatly admire for his courage and convictions. It is high time that someone made people think for themselves, instead of letting the church do it for them...
...traditional position of the church has been to promulgate dogma, but we live in a day when dogma is a dirty word and to call a person dogmatic means he has a narrow, closed mind. Pike, thank God, has an open mind, a facile, exciting mind, and if he dares suggest we re-examine the meaning of some of those traditional words, he is trying to speak to the people of today, and we say "God bless him" for trying...
...even those who lean toward him are not sure that he has the depth for the job, and some express concern over his tendency toward sanctimoniousness. One gag has an aide telling Romney, as the two emerge from a meeting, "Beautiful day, Governor." Romney's reply: "Thank you." Over the next 20 months, the undecided Republicans will be studying his performance with microscopic care...
...Southwest Pacific. President Johnson's visit [Oct. 28, Nov. 4] brought back many wonderful memories of those days. It is great to know we have the Yanks on our side. As we know, when the chips are down, the Yanks and Aussies are one. So we thank you for giving us the great honor of seeing a Dinkum bloke...
...sound, y' hear?" he told the men as he left. At the Officers' Club, Westmoreland had assembled his combat commanders. There the President said: "General Westmoreland told me that you were the best Army ever. If this is the best Army, you are the best leaders. I thank you. I salute you. Come home with that coonskin on the wall...