Word: thanks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Maybe they never heard of "free press"- maybe they think "suppress" is the American way. Will thank Hancock and Browder's ancestors for our Bill of Rights, say I. No I'm not a descendant of a coupla Mayflower Pilgrims but my people were waiting for 'em at Plymouth Rock, when they landed...
...rich Argentine, about whom, when he is assassinated, Bertillon philosophizes: "Tigers are hard to catch: thank God the world has one less...
Sirs: I wish to thank you for the excellently written account of my soaring flight from Wichita Falls, Tex. to Tulsa, Okla., setting a new American distance record [TIME, May 2]. I am bound, however, to point out one error...
Your D. A. R. story was a darb. As one who, although descended from revolutionary warriors, has always enjoyed laughing at this aristocratic organization I can't thank you enough. Ever since I read Rabble in Arms and Drums Along the Mohawk I've been unable to reconcile the haughty dames with the haggard, dirty, ragged, hungry and thieving horde that fought well but didn't put on half so good a show as we get today from its descendants. Pardon me while I go out and wave a red flag so our friends can call...
...next three years doggedly conducted a series of Queen's Hall concerts despite discouragingly small public response. In 1911 he was instrumental in bringing the Imperial Russian Ballet to London, two years later combined it with a season of Russian opera. Many English composers had him to thank for rare performances of their works; among them blind Frederick Delius (A Village Romeo and Juliet, TIME...