Word: thanking
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...found a nation of 450 million war-sick people on the verge of civil war; he had left it not at peace, but in truce and hope. For his part in that rescue the Chinese could-and warmly did-thank him. The U.S. and the world could thank George Marshall for an even more important service. For the first time in a major postwar issue, the power, prestige and principles of U.S. democracy had been brought to bear in constructive, positive fashion...
...specialists and Surgeon-Oculist to the King, had just come back from Buckingham Palace. His royal patient had added his personal honor to Sir Stewart's already impressive collection of medals and awards. The King, who reads through horn-rimmed glasses because of farsightedness, could thank Britain's foremost glaucoma expert for many a service to the Empire as well as to royal eyes. (Sir Stewart had also treated the Duke of Windsor, operated successfully on the Duchess of Kent...
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...please, it is preferable if you go first," said the aide after exchanging a black look with His Majesty. Slowly I descended in front of the Son of Heaven. "Thank you," he said, as he passed me at the bottom...
...colored velour tunic, sipped gin from a Venetian goblet in her tiny, cramped studio, told what the Raja's cession was all about. "My daughters," she beamed, indicating a row of family portraits on the mantelpiece. "That's really why. We've got three gorgeous daughters (thank God for them) but no son, though God knows we've tried hard enough...