Word: thanks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Peering through his window, Pastor Hill is surprised to find how dependent children feel upon their parents, even in unhappy or broken homes. ("I thank you for helping me get over the flu. Please help my mother get a good strong foothold in her work in Detroit. Give me, O Lord, the sense to learn algebra and to be useful in the Scouts. Amen.") Hill is also astonished at the "strong note of penitence and personal remorse" that runs through the prayers ("I ask thy forgiveness for all the things I have done wrong"). For many children, he says...
...wish to thank TIME [June 15] for the fine article on the submarine George Washington. However, we would like to point out that the atomic submarines George Washington, Triton, U.S.S. Skate, U.S.S. Skipjack, U.S.S. Seawolf and U.S.S. Nautilus, all built in Groton, were built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp...
...back in the tropical wilderness of new Guinea, a jungle newspaper distributor was recently asked by the management of the South Pacific Post (circ. 4,218 twice weekly) if the 50 copies he was getting were enough. "Thank you," he replied politely, "but I sell only ten to people who read the paper and 40 to people who smoke it." So much in demand is the Post for its roll-your-own qualities that back copies sell for 7? a lb., and the paper can claim title as the world's most widely smoked publication. It can also claim...
...working on volume five, the story of Sir Tristram. For the future, Tim White solemnly assures visitors to Alderney, he plans a series of sequels to Shakespeare's plays. The Tempest, for instance, will begin as Prospero leaves the island. Caliban and Trinculo say to each other: "Well, thank God he's gone...
...newsmen had finished their polite, respectful questions, and with punctilious protocol one of the visiting Shah's aides closed the press conference at the Iranian ambassador's house in London: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty...