Word: thanking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cartoonist, poking fun at the Soviet propensity for stealing the inventions of other nations, once created a Russian inventor named Regus Patoff, an acronym for the omnipresent "Reg. U.S. Pat. Off." Last week, after decades of pirating others' ideas without so much as a thank you, the Russians joined the Paris Convention of 1883, the pact under which 67 nations agree to honor one another's patents and trademarks. In the future the Russians will have to pay the same licensing fees as everyone else when they cast a covetous eye on a new product or process...
...temperament. The bulletin boards on the wall are plastered congratulatory telegrams from across country. "GOD IS WITH YOU IN THE BATTLE AGAINST COMMUNIST SPIRED YANKEE AGITATORS," one Another datelined New Hampshire that Clark subject King to a "THOROUGH PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION." A from an Air Force sergeant in Colorado, "THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANLINE AND YOUR MANKINDLINESS...
...walked ahead, along the sidewalk, to get a better view. An elderly Negro lady with gold teeth and a faded grey suit pulled me aside and whispered. "Thank you all, thank you. The good Lord has sent you down here to save us all. We all of us want to thank you." On her porch three more ladies were sitting on a grey wooden swing. They waved timidly and nodded...
...Peruvian studying in New York City and having a hard time deciding whether to work here or at home, I'd like to thank you for your cover story about Peru [March 12]. Now I think I would be a fool not to try to include myself in our great future...
...your article on Lloyd and Ann Hand: thank you for showing that not all Texans are like Lyndon and Lady Bird...