Word: thanking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...owned a pair of shiny Lincoln Continentals. But he gave up those things 23 years ago when he and his wife were divorced. Today he lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Highland Park, a gritty Detroit suburb. He drives a red 1985 Ford Escort that runs just fine, thank you--though neighborhood thieves have forced him to do without hubcaps...
...didn't know the mails could work so quickly, but four days later there was a reply in my mailbox. "Dear Mr. Ferguson," it read. "Thank you for your note about the possibility of a visit. Figure it out. There's only one of me and ten thousand of you. Please don't come. Sincerely, E.B. White." I dropped my plans for a trip to Maine...
...opinions, except on topics like, say, ice cream," says David Elkind, professor of child development at Tufts University and author of The Hurried Child (1981). "Kids do have interesting ideas, if you're willing to listen. And I think sometimes adults are not civil enough with kids, saying please, thank you, apologizing for breaking promises...
...Thank you for leaving a prominent blank space on the cover of your "Heroes" issue, right between Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa. It gave me a perfect place to glue a picture of another heroic woman, my mother, Constance Marie Ouellette. She provided me with a firsthand example of living a life of meaning and humble service. Hey, Mom, you made the cover of TIME magazine! BERNARD OUELLETTE Cape Canaveral...
...Thank you for this memoir of the 20th century. As I approach my seventh decade, I can recollect much of it, but I needed your review of influential people to refresh my memories. I shall keep this copy for my grandchildren. JUDY EISENMAN Quincy, Calif...