Word: thanks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Every day at 11:45 am. the office force at the headquarters of the World's Sunday School Association in Manhattan assembles for a brief prayer, "to thank our Heavenly Father for His bounties and to ask His blessing upon the Sunday School work in all the world." Last week their chorus surged louder, augmented by the managers of the North American Board, who had assembled for their semi-annual meeting. The managers praised God for the fact that, after exactly 150 years of Sunday School activity,* 33,751,623 scholars were attending 320,620 evangelical Sunday Schools...
...would not belittle England My forebears came from there And remembered with the kindest thoughts Their native country fair. ButI thank God for the U. S. A. The country of the free Where I may play at Polo Or own my autos three. Or even wear my jodpurs, If I do not act the clown, When I am buying groceries In the centre of the town. When the only place we need to know Is just as near the Sun As we can climb, in the short time Before our day is done. And you, too, Mr. William, May hold...
Marlene Dietrich, German, had tried to be a violinist, given it up, studied drama at Max Reinhardt's school and played in the German version of Broadway when von Sternberg put her on contract. He said: "Thank God you are not like the American actresses. You can make more than three faces." Mysterious on the screen, she is plump and girlish in private life; she dislikes Hollywood women because "they talk about their bracelets." She knows little English but her accent has been eliminated before the microphone because von Sternberg did not allow her to memorize her lines until...
...wish to thank you for your generous cooperation in working out with me this morning a satisfactory arrangement for our mutual use of the Rogers Building...
...member of the class of 1874, and as a man desirous of standing among those ready to praise moral courage, I beg to thank you for the position taken by the CRIMSON regarding the events and lessons of the very recent disgraceful week, October 5th through October 10th...