Word: thanks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...celebrate its 15th birthday, TIME is reviving malicious libel. . . . Referring to TIME, Vol. 1, No. 1, Miscellany: a Polish Jew does not thank God he is not "a dog, a woman, of a Christian." A Polish Jew gives prayer of thanks "he was not created a slave, he was not created a woman, he was not created a goy." There is no reference to dogs in the entire Jewish prayer book. The prayer originated 2,000 years ago in days of slavery, legal incapacity for females, idolatry among the goyim. Goy does not mean a Christian. Goyim literally means...
...them, whirligig beetles, back swimmers, dragonfly nymphs and top-water minnows will. Ditches get stagnant and mosquito-filled. It is hoped and expected that from Palos Park's hole in the ground no single adult mosquito will fly-for which the valley's residents may thank their itching stars, for a single female mosquito can beget in a single season 75 times as many bloodthirsty offspring as there are human beings to bite on the face of the earth...
Citizen Rubens, who seemed in good health with only normal prison pallor, said finally in reply to Charge d'Affaires Henderson that there was nothing the U. S. Embassy could do to make her more comfortable or assist her. "Thank you," she concluded, "I need no help." In an effort to explain why U. S. Citizen Rubens refused help against the Secret Police who have got her in jail, Walter Duranty cabled: "I know the system. It is not hypnotism but the establishment of a moral ascendancy. If that is not clear ask a psychoanalyst...
With equal gallantry, Jimmy Powers acknowledged the apology: "I have always had a deep respect for Dan. And I wish to thank him for his magnanimous and wholly unsolicited retraction...
...following letter: 'In an effort to raise money for the church, we are making ladies' kitchen aprons out of shirt tails of noted men. We would appreciate it very much if you would be good enough to send us one of your shirt tails. We thank you very much and hope to be able to reciprocate some time...