Word: thanking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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JOAN: Well thank you very much...
...these elections have been rigged." Of the massacre of her followers, she declared tartly, "Nowhere in the civilized world can such acts of barbarism be allowed to happen." Handsome Ayub Khan had been badly rattled by opposition attacks during the campaign. When he heard he had won, he cried, "Thank God! The country has been saved." In a nationwide broadcast, he took a conciliatory line. After thanking all who had worked for his election, he added, "I must not forget those who differed with me. They too have served the cause of democracy." As for Fatima Jinnah, "She fought...
...church renewal ever gets off the ground (or if it ever gets down to earth), we can thank you for the significant contribution TIME has made...
...Angeles Music Center: it is to be devoutly hoped that (excuse me) the new auditorium seating design (pardon me, sir) with its long rows of seats unbroken by aisles (I'm sorry, may I just get by here . . . thank you) will encourage those tiresome Los Angeles latecomers (oops, sorry!) to mend their ways and start arriving on time. (Pardon me, could you folks all move down one seat...
...belt. Until he began wearing it, the Star's only general assignment night reporter had to call in to his paper every half hour. Now, when a story breaks, Night City Editor John Kopeck dials a seven-digit number on the phone, hears a recorded voice say: "Thank you. Your Bellboy party will be signaled." In a matter of seconds, Gold's midriff radio, dubbed Bellboy by its manufacturer, Western Electric, sounds off. Unless Gold stops it by pushing a button, it will keep on keening for eight hours, or until the battery runs down...