Word: thanking
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When the dean begins the next phase of his life, Harvard College will suffer a tremendous loss. There are few words we can say to thank our quintessential "Mr. Harvard" for his lifelong devotion to the betterment of a community that shapes each one of us; the best we can do is to leave this place hoping to have learned something of the values and ethic he embodies, and to act in the world as he does: selflessly, passionately, wisely...
...role as hero. His mail is still filled with gifts from supporters. Two weeks ago, he got two handmade quilts and pillowcases from a woman he had never met. His daughter Sara found them on the couch and said she could use them. "Then you have to write the thank-you note," he told...
...Thank you for your in-depth coverage of the bombing in my hometown [COVER, May 1]. But no words or pictures will ever convey the great, hollow sadness that we here will carry with us forever. Even though I understand the need to place blame, the political rhetoric about conservative talk shows and fingers pointed every which way seemed profane, even grotesque when bodies of babies and fellow citizens were still being pulled from the rubble. We citizens here, the victims and their families have nothing to do with Waco, with militias or G. Gordon Liddy. We simply went...
...midnight. it was Bill Clinton in Kiev. "Shouldn't you be in bed?" asked George Bush, who was in the serenity of his beloved Kennebunkport and knew a thing or two about the exigencies of summiteering. But Clinton, like hundreds of others, wanted to take the time to thank the former President for his defense of public servants and his denunciation of the outrageous language in a fund-raising letter by the National Rifle Association. In a now famous letter, Bush excoriated the N.R.A. for railing against federal agents as "jackbooted thugs ... wearing Nazi bucket helmets and black storm-trooper...
...grous who were meeting with Clinton at the White House agreed with the president. "I think the NRA is just out to dishonor law enforcement," said Bob Scully, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations. The NRA, whose annual convention began today in Phoenix, responded tersely: "We thank the president for his suggestion...