| 单词 | telegram |
| 例句 | We take our ease on the sofa a while till she says, Don’t you have more telegrams to deliver? and when we sit up she gives a little cry, Oh, I’m bleeding. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He thought that Claudia would not approve of the grammar in his mental telegram; she would want him to think stay in place. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Papá sent a telegram to Fito, my cousin in Guadalajara, asking him to secure our birth certificates and to send them to us by mail. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Then it was you, and just arrived. How is she? Are we too late? Did you not get my telegram?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z One Saturday I’m told to deliver the telegram to Theresa’s mother at her job in Woolworth’s. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Send a telegram saying I will come at once. The next train goes early in the morning. I’ll take that.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Hal took it upon himself to send telegrams containing the doctors’ updates to relatives and friends in Ohio. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She says there’s a great shortage of bicycles so I’ll have to walk my first batch of telegrams. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sirs: Did you really send me this telegram, Ignatius? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When he sent her a telegram for their “Sixteenth Monthiversary,” he joked that each letter and punctuation mark was a code standing for “I love you!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z All we have to do now is wait for two weeks till the telegram boy knocks at the door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the weeks that followed, no fewer than four million letters, telegrams, phone calls, postcards, and other expressions of support poured into the Republican Party’s headquarters. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Joseph Stanley Brown sent him the daily medical bulletins by telegram. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Back at her San Francisco hotel she found a telegram from Sol Flurok, informing her of plans for a huge outdoor concert. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z For more than two weeks, the director’s telegram has echoed in his head. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I’m told to sit at the end of the bench and wait for my turn to go out with telegrams. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z What else would I be standing there on his doorstep in Limerick with a batch of telegrams in my hand? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z After the burial he drew up and personally submitted to the president of the republic a violent telegram, which the telegrapher refused to send. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And they would be nothing compared to the sound that Mrs. Baker made that day from somewhere deep inside that had almost given up, when she heard the first line of that telegram. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The day she sent the telegram telling him of Rosa’s death she had felt a strange shiver, almost of joy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee looked at him and swung his head toward the table where the open telegram lay. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z To guarantee his safety, Guiteau wrote a message on the back of a blank telegram form. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He sent White an urgent telegram demanding an explanation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Little girls know they’re supposed to wait till the boys get their chance though they can get the telegram if they have no brothers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Every night he sends telegrams from the district office in Saint- Malo. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z People in the big houses have English accents and they don’t tip telegram boys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I received a telegram with her flight information; my brother’s house in Calcutta had no telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Carmody, I always deliver the telegram to your, I think your daughter, Theresa? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Colonel Roque Carnicero, who was his chief of staff then, gave him the telegram with a look of consternation, but he read it with unforeseen joy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At last, Winston Churchill, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time, sent a telegram: PROCEED. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He felt exactly as he had years earlier when he held his sister’s telegram informing him of Rosa’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When we arrived at the Berkeley Hotel, Van Helsing found a telegram waiting for him:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The telegrams also said that William was still on Riverbank’s salary roll, implying that he was not a free agent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the early 1940s, the United States managed to intercept a mountain of cable telegram traffic from Soviet embassies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The telegrams from London have been the same: “no further report.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The families that get the early telegrams have that contented look. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z For years, the only evidence Morrie had of his mother was the telegram announcing her death. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If you give a small child a telegram for his mother he’s the hero of the family. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z So I put the telegram in my pocket. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In January 1917, a German diplomat named Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram in cipher to the German ambassador in Mexico City. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I knew she was hoping that there’d be a telegram, telling us that all was well and he’d see us for sure on the twentieth. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. I have just asked them to get me a sleeper. It was my intention to remain here some days, but I have received a telegram recalling me to England on important business.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z There are telegram boys sitting on a bench along a wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to have to send a telegram to your father.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He hands them their telegram, takes the tip and turns his bicycle around to head back up the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was the telegram that would transmit the sad news to the nation. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z You never know what’s going to happen when you hand people their telegrams. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Adam read the telegram from the commission house and he settled back in his chair and a strange enduring smile came on his face and did not go away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Connell and Miss Barry at the post office tell us every day our job is to deliver telegrams and nothing else. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I’m delivering a telegram to South’s pub on a Saturday and Uncle Pa Keating is sitting there, all black as usual. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I wondered if we were going to talk about the telegram. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In another week there’s a telegram money order for three pounds and we’re in heaven. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Theo and Jo are making plans for their official engagement announcement back in the Netherlands when a telegram arrives from Gauguin. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “If there is a court order, that’s something else. But this is not a court order. There is no penalty for disobeying a telegram.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Deliver the telegrams and don’t be a sissy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Day after day he marches into town, negotiating by telegram, and by the following Friday the son has agreed to meet us in Providence and take custody of the old man. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Garfield asked him to immediately send a telegram to Lucretia, who was still in New Jersey preparing to join her husband later in the day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There was only one last Question left for the Notebook before closing it and putting it away forever, and that was the telegram: Yes? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The old gentleman liked the fun, and amused himself by sending odd bundles, mysterious messages, and funny telegrams, and his gardener, who was smitten with Hannah’s charms, actually sent a love letter to Jo’s care. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Grant has slept so many nights in battlefield lodgings arranged for by his staff that it never crossed his mind to send a telegram asking for a room. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He also sent a telegram, which someone read. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They both helped Brown with the influx of messages, telegrams, and letters and with the outgoing medical bulletins. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There are telegrams for the houses of priests and nuns and they have maids, too, even if they say poverty is noble. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He had finished fifth, two places short of the Olympic team/1' By the day’s end, Louie had received some 125 telegrams. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I cycle all around Limerick with telegrams and stop at every church. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Later he learned that the post office in these latitudes was not as reliable as that of far-off England, and that all his telegrams had vaporized en route. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On Saturday, soon after receiving Ferris’s congratulatory telegram, Rice cabled back that in fact the first car already had been hung. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On November 8 or 9, Gordievsky received a second flash telegram. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Prendergast’s father got him a job delivering telegrams for Western Union, which the boy held for a year and a half. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z During the five weeks after the broadcast, the FCC received more than six hundred letters, postcards, and telegrams. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Not long after, a commentator informed the audience that he had just been handed a telegram. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I am glad to find you, sir. I have a telegram here for you all the way from Washington. That’s District of Columbia, sir. Not state of.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In September 1961, a few days before the Pensacola phase was to begin, Lovelace sent telegrams to the women scheduled to arrive for testing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The telegram boy shakes his head and rides away. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The telegram money order, three pounds, is from her son. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Temporary telegram boys are not allowed to stay in the job beyond the age of sixteen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As early as the 1930s, for example, his unit covertly read the telegrams of private citizens. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Soon hundreds of letters, telegrams, and cards poured in. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And I can’t stop crying now because this was my one chance to be a man and bring home the money the telegram boy never brought from my father. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Louis had received a long telegram from the head of the Game Department in Tanganyika. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The dread- fill telegrams began to sneak sorrowfully in, and it was everybody’s brother. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The date stamps indicate when the telegram was received in Washington and sent to the appropriate office. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z All the children play in the lane and keep an eye out for the telegram boy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z One telegram sent to General Sherman contained a special message. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Connell said a long time ago she knew everything about every telegram boy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’m not certain. I believe it recently left Budapest, though I do not know where it is en route to. I can find out; Friedrick will know and I owe him a telegram.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I tried to hand him the telegram, but he said, “You keep it. Press it in your Notebook.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I could have refused that telegram Saturday after Saturday. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Hale announced that he could prove positively that he had been in Texas at the time of the explosion, for he had received a telegram there and signed for it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There are families don’t get the telegram every week and you know them by the anxious look. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I took the telegram from Phineas, facing in advance whatever the destruction was. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Xuma presided over the era of delegations, deputations, letters, and telegrams. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two months, Aaron’s been gone. No telegrams, no postcards. Now another boy is, too, and all you can tell me is, ‘boys, they run off?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The same telegram boy comes back just before the Angelus at six and tells us he asked Mrs. O’Connell at the post office if they had anything for McCourt all day and they didn’t. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When we picked up the telegram to put on her desk, Meryl Lee and I could hardly not read it ourselves. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z To Swope’s distress, Riddle sent a similar telegram to an Arlington official, who rushed to New York to meet with him the same day. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few weeks I’ll be delivering telegrams at the post office, working like a man. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You remember when you sent me a telegram for a hundred dollars?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I could send a telegram later, claiming illness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z No, we can’t move an inch till that telegram boy comes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Now, listen to me. I want you to send a telegram to your brother.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He then reached inside his desk and produced a telegram. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dear Nettie, The only piece of mail Mr. ever put directly in my hand is a telegram that come from the United States Department of Defense. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy said, “Herman, don’t you see? This has something to do with that crazy telegram you got this morning.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “So, where is she? Where is this new bride of yours? Your telegram didn’t even give a name. What? Is she hiding?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Jamie sent another mental telegram: Get going, get going, get going. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z This isn’t my first time delivering telegrams to the Harrington house. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Gene Nora opened her telegram, expecting perhaps more instructions or even confirming the test dates. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Daily telegrams to Godalming, but only the same story: “Not yet reported.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The club’s telegram reached Depew in Washington twenty minutes after the final ballot, just as Chicago’s congressional delegation began celebrating at the Willard Hotel near the White House. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We read of the regent’s death in the newspaper because the telegram that had been sent to Justice had gone astray. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s long enough in the post office to know how long it takes to deliver six telegrams even by foot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A telegram might give her a turn, hit I just wanted to tell her the train would be going through town, though it wouldn’t stop. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After receiving a telegram from President Woodrow Wilson urging him to support the amendment, he agreed to call a special legislative session, but he planned to wait until August, after the state’s Democratic party primary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Dr. Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth’s side. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone who was dear to the person sending the telegram. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Hearing this, Malcolm X said drily, “You think I ought to send him a telegram with my telephone number?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his colleague Charles Sumner Tainter went to work in Bell's Washington laboratory, using their own ideas and input from other scientists whom they had contacted by letter and telegram. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Western Union office in San Francisco was overwhelmed with hundreds of congratulatory telegrams for the Howards, including those from Bing Crosby, A1 Jolson, and Fred Astaire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On November 9 the announcement came, first by telegram and then by phone from the Swedish consulate in San Francisco. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Esteban went back into town and sent a telegram to the city. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Families up and down the lane are getting telegram money orders from their fathers in England. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On Monday morning, the day after Easter Sunday, Emma received the letters from the weekend, which told a very different story from the telegram. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The President had sent a telegram to Governor Faubus saying he was sure the governor, the National Guard, and other state officials would give full cooperation to the United States Supreme Court. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In short order, telegrams began to rattle out of Dix’s office to the chambers of commerce of every city, town, and hamlet in the state. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After two or three days, there were telegrams and phone calls inviting me to job interviews. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And what if, the locksmith considers, the telegram was not sent from the director at all? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But despite many telegrams and letters sent to him, Gary refused to bargain. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Lafayette Baker seized the telegram, rushed back to his headquarters, and alerted his cousin Luther Byron Baker to the news of the sighting. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The telegram started sliding up the kite string, against gravity. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Code books were common in China because they were used for sending telegrams. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Widows know when the telegram money order is due from the English government and they wait by the window. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Well, then. We must look our best when we get a telegram from Washington.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There are telegrams for the respectable people with maids along the Ennis Road and the North Circular Road where there’s no hope of a tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was Monday a week after school took in before the telegram came. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At our spying jalousie—as we called that front window—I recognize the man who delivers the telegrams. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He writes down the number of telegrams he delivers and how far he travels. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Amaranta fetched the ledger where she had written down the facts about her nephews and as the telegrams arrived she drew lines through the names until only that of the eldest remained. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He boasted that he had tossed into the wastebasket all the telegrams from socialist nations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The commander of the front himself sent a telegram to the regiment, congratulating the two pilots on their fearlessness and airmanship: they had turned away forty-two enemy bombers, and shot down four of them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He sent a telegram to order Grant back to Washington at once. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even I can remember when a telegram meant just one thing—a death in the family. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We all stood there, staring at my grandfather, who in turn contemplated the telegram. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z We were all wild with excitement yesterday when Godalming got his telegram from Lloyd’s. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There were telegrams from all around the world, from presidents and prime ministers, but I remember one in particular from a white Cape Town housewife that amused me greatly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The day after the parade, Harriot Stanton Blatch sent Woodrow Wilson a telegram and released copies of it to the press: Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mam says don’t be too worried between noon and two because so many telegram boys go for their dinner and there will surely be a big rush between two and the Angelus. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The British intercepted the telegram and cracked it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The training course was meant to be six months, but after eight weeks I received a telegram from the ANC urgently requesting that I return home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somebody better send them a telegram so they know about it,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z CBS and The Mercury Theatre received telegrams, phone calls, and letters that supported some of those accounts. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Inside his safe, they found a cache of seventeen short, encrypted messages on slips of yellow telegram paper. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The next Saturday there’s no telegram nor the Saturday after nor any Saturday forever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I signed it and asked him for two telegraph forms, and wrote a message to the Hotel Montoya, telling them to forward all mail and telegrams for me to this address. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The boys at the post office say sympathy telegrams are a waste of time. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A courier hands the president a telegram informing him that Richmond has fallen. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “So what happened that night? After the telegram came about Ned?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The stolen information was translated into secret code and sent by telegram to KGB headquarters in Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Because neither set of grandparents has a working telephone, their only link to home is by telegram, which Ashoke has sent to both sides in Calcutta: “With your blessings, boy and mother fine.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Cal picked up the telegram and read its bleak and dignified announcement. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The telegram was a single sheet of paper folded once upon itself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Stanton sends a telegram to New York City, recalling Lafayette C. Baker, his former spymaster and chief of security, to help him in this effort. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z And the next morning a telegram from southern Japan reached Tokyo: “The whole city of Hiroshima was destroyed instantly by a single bomb.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The president of the republic sent him a telegram of condolence in which he promised an exhaustive investigation and paid homage to the dead men. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Businesses used telegrams to buy and sell, but an individual got a telegram only for a death in the family. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The Irishmen working in England send their telegram money orders on Friday nights and all day Saturday and that’s when we get the good tips.The minute we deliver one batch we’re out with another. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He sat in the sun on the bench outside the forge, holding the telegram in his hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had scouts everywhere—the moment a larger circus showed signs of trouble, Uncle Al would get a telegram and race to the scene. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Well, the boy kept speaking to me and so I took the telegram without knowing I had taken it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day at noon a guard came to his cell and poked a telegram through the bars. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The telegram boy rides down the lane and swings over to Downeses’. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was a peasant, with a team of mules, who had brought a telegram from town, sent by my sister Ferula, telling me of Rosa’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I barely heard him say, “Get in. I’m going back to Grand Rapids tomorrow, I’ll send a telegram to your folks and then take you back.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She tore the top slowly open, and then stood there, holding the telegram, unable to pull it out to read it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It was the first telegram issued from the temporary War Department headquarters at the Petersen house. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The story had circulated all over the world, and mail, telegrams and telephone calls poured in. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But two days later a multiple telegram which almost overtook the previous one announced another uprising on the southern plains. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I could feel the telegram in my pocket. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There were three waiting for him and a telegram. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z When he returns to the table, he has a telegram in his hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Darling: I was awfully glad to get your telegram,” he wrote. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And I know I shouldn’t have, but I picked up the telegram and read the rest. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There are telegrams for offices, shops, factories where there’s no hope of a tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Next day I’m delivering a telegram to Woolworth’s and there is the answer, a whole section packed with paper and envelopes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mam tells Mrs. Meehan, The first telegram money order I get I’ll be in the shop buying a big breakfast so that we can all have our own egg of a Sunday morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Course I will. Hey! Know how to send a kite telegram?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The telegram said that if the United States declared war, Germany wanted Mexico on its side. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For weeks after that I deliver the telegram. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At White’s suggestion, telegrams were sent out to prominent members of the musical community, asking them to protest the DAR’s ban on black performers. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z It’s more like a telegram, a verbal semaphore. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa takes off with the governor to send a telegram of apology to El Jefe. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a telegram that had been delivered first thing that morning. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some weeks later a boy ran out to the farm with a telegram. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Most addressed their letters, postcards, and telegrams to FCC chairman McNinch, whose name appeared in newspapers the day after the broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z We drop telegrams in letter boxes, shove them under doors, throw them over the transom. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And where is the weekly telegram, the big five pounds? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Toby says nobody knows Limerick like the telegram boy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z To draft a telegram, you wrote down the numbers for each character you wanted, and then you sent the string of numbers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He received hundreds of congratulatory letters and telegrams, but the one that he was most proud of was as follows: Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The telegram boys along the wall are laughing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You don’t know what to do with yourself when the first telegram doesn’t come. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Finally, he gave up hope and sent urgent telegrams to the surrounding cities and towns. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Connell gives me telegrams to deliver to Mr. Harrington, the Englishman with the dead wife that was born and bred in Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Rice sent a telegram to Ferris at his office in the Hamilton Building in Pittsburgh: “Engines have steam on and are working satisfactorily. Sprocket chain connected up and are ready to turn wheel.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The White House received thousands of letters and telegrams from every part of the nation. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The telegram ordered Gordievsky to return to Moscow to discuss his new job with none other than the chairman of the KGB and the head of the First Chief Directorate. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z All the telegram boys like Protestant ministers’ wives. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Grant’s telegram states that Sheridan has ridden over the battlefield, counting Confederate dead and captured, particularly the many top Confederate generals now in Union custody. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z No one would get a phone call, or a telegram, or have to look through a glass window in some cold and foreign basement. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After a long interval, he was handed a telegram from Whitney. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you can play the piano, the job is yours,” the telegram read. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Federal Communications Commission received more than six hundred letters and telegrams about the War of the Worlds radio broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z They were arguing about the telegram that had just arrived from the attorney general. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When McBride checked in to a rooming house in the capital, he found a telegram from an associate waiting for him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He pressed the telegram between his hands and turned and walked out. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The telegram asked, “When may we see you at our dissecting table?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Grandpa in the North sends a telegram money order for five pounds for the baby Alphie. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If you were delivering telegrams for Western Union in New York you’d be earning twenty-five dollars a week and living in luxury. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When the telegram arrived at his door around midnight, his life suddenly changed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z On July 5, Oppenheimer sent a telegram to top Manhattan Project physicists in Berkeley and Chicago: “Any time after the fifteenth would be a good time for our fishing trip.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It came in the form of a personal telegram, a frightening event. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z According to the telegram, an earth-rattling shock occurred near Princeton at 9:15 p.m. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The state attorney general had sent Hoover a telegram indicating that he held the bureau “responsible for failure” of the investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Good afternoon there, Mrs. Tate. Sorry to interrupt you, ma’am, but I got a telegram for Captain Tate. It’s from Washington.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Burnham could send telegrams, but they forced a cold and clumsy brevity and afforded little privacy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Some syllabaries persist today, the most important being the kana syllabary that the Japanese use for telegrams, bank statements, and texts for blind readers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I can tell him I’ll be working in a few weeks delivering telegrams and getting big tips at the post office and ready to pay my own way. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You could tell me. Then 1 could send him a telegram or something like that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as Garfield's health worsened, Brown sent out telegrams saying: “Rumors concerning unfavorable change in President's condition largely sensational,” and “Surgeons believe President is prospectively better than at any time since shooting.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Over the next week and a half telegrams shot from city to city, engineer to engineer, until the story became somewhat distorted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Clerks take the telegrams without a look at you or a thank you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Finally, Walter came to me and knelt beside my bed, and I handed him the telegram. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z About half an hour after we had received Mrs. Harker’s telegram, there came a quiet, resolute knock at the hall door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He looked like he was dug in for the duration and wasn’t going to leave until he knew what was in the only telegram he’d ever delivered from Washington. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Articles, telegrams and many mailings went out over my signature—some of which I'd written, but most not. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed through the border without a problem and arrived in Lobatse in the late afternoon, where there was a telegram for me from Dar es Salaam postponing my trip for a fortnight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I went into the corner and took out the telegram again, just to be sure. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Sheriff. And as soon as I am able to reach my uncle by telegram, I am sure he will tell me how happy he would be to repay your generosity.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z No one knows the total number of letters and telegrams sent to CBS, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, or Orson Welles, beginning on the night of the broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z As he turned to be on his way, I said, “Will you tell people about the telegram please?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I begged them to send telegrams on Anatole’s behalf, and they will, by the bushel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He also decoded telegrams that exposed corruption in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet in 1924. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I slip the telegram under the door and cycle back down to the Franciscan church to beg for the repose of Theresa’s soul. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sometime later that day, Woolf received a telegram. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard and Smith were besieged with telegrams and calls from jockeys all over the country. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles always connected the letter and the telegram the way we group two deaths and anticipate a third. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Arthur had been dreading the telegram's arrival for at least half an hour. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My telegram of formal acceptance went out within five minutes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The coded Soviet telegrams couldn’t be used in a public court, because the Americans didn’t want the Soviets to know they had broken their code. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’m finished delivering the telegrams there’s enough time to go to the ancient monastery graveyard where my mother’s relations are buried, the Guilfoyles and the Sheehans, where my mother wants to be buried. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tom slowly folded the telegram and folded it again and again until it was a square no larger than his thumb. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On the second day she was given a stack of old telegrams to copy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s noon on Saturday when a telegram arrives from Stanton, summoning him to “come here immediately and find the murderer of our president.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They would get a telegram, and a body, but they wouldn’t know. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A small mountain of telegrams and messages of congratulations had arrived, and I tried to review as many of these as possible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel followed him and sent a telegram from King City to Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom started to call after him, and then he leaned wearily down and picked up the telegram. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Billy commented that the clumps might be telegrams. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past, agents had filed reports by phone or telegram, or by briefing a superior in person. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I think it was on the third day that a telegram signed Henry C. Gatz arrived from a town in Minnesota. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He hurried to the village railroad station, carrying the telegram in his hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of the temporary telegram boys are taking the permanent exam in August. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I suppose not,” said Mrs. Baker Mrs. Sidman took the envelope, then held out the opened telegram to Mrs. Baker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I tell the women,Thank you, and on the way out I hear the thin one, Jesus above, Maureen, who dragged in that specimen? and they laugh along with the telegram boys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Several weeks later, after returning from the quarry, I was told to go to the Head Office to collect a telegram. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Secretary of State Blaine sent Arthur telegrams every few hours with updates on the president's health. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Committee called a mass protest meeting to “defend our democratic right to hear Marian Anderson sing,” and sent out a call for telegrams supporting an Anderson concert. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Others played their hunches: addresses, license numbers of passing cars, any numbers on letters, telegrams, laundry slips, numbers from anywhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He helped Mr. Ames write a telegram to the Boston police. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On March 12, 1928, Lawrence accepted the Berkeley offer by telegram. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His eyebrows rose a little at the sight of the telegram. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Verwoerd told Parliament that the judgment had not been in-fluenced by the telegrams of protest and representations that had come in from around the world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells jokes and makes small talk, all the while wondering when the next telegram from General Grant will arrive. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knows the telegram boys stop coming when the Angelus rings at six and darkness brings desperation to the women and children. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The chuckling faded with the first telegrams from London: Baring Brothers & Co., the powerful London investment house, was on the verge of closure. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z At the War Department, Grant reads telegrams from his commanders in the field, issues appropriate orders, and takes care of a variety of administrative tasks requiring his attention. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I got a telegram from the home: “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “They appropriated our telegrams, tapped our telephones, listened outside our windows and transoms....Even if we win, we who have been here will never remember it with anything but a shudder.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Operated on this morning,” read the coded telegram. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Beth, who was ready first, kept reporting what went on next door, and enlivened her sisters’ toilets by frequent telegrams from the window. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The KGB probably knew that the telegraph company was making copies of every telegram and handing them over to the U.S. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Christy Wallace, who is a permanent telegram boy and ready to be a postman any day, says Protestants don’t care what they do even if they’re ministers’ wives. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He had four telegrams, one each day since we started, and all to the same effect: that the Czarina Catherine had not been reported to Lloyd’s from anywhere. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When you ride into a lane the children call out, Here’s the telegram boy, here’s the telegram boy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He folded the telegram and shoved it in his pocket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She stopped in front of us and took a telegram out of the leather wallet that hung against her skirt. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “I didn’t call him, I sent a telegram to the Log Cabin. He still owns that club, doesn’t he?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Mam has her coat ready to go to the post office but she won’t leave the chair by the fire in Italy till she has the telegram in her hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Your sister, Celie Dear Nettie, The only piece of mail Mr. ever put directly in my hand is a telegram that come from the United States Department of Defense. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of letters and telegrams poured into the White House with ideas for cooling the room during the hot Washington summer. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We shout and whistle,Telegram boy, telegram boy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We see the telegram boys on their bicycles swing into the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The boys at the post office tell me I’m lucky to get the Carmody family telegram, a shilling tip, one of the biggest tips you’ll ever get in Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z What astonished me even more—a telegram had been sent to every New York City newspaper and radio and television station. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That forest would trade hands many times over the next three weeks, until finally, on June 26, a telegram to the American Expeditionary Forces headquarters reported: “Woods now US Marine Corps entirely.” Where Americans Turned the Tide in World War I 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Afterward, she earned a living doing what she calls “slam-o-grams,” singing telegrams with wrestling. This ’80s female wrestling league was dangerous and sexist — and the best job of their lives 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Sahl thought so highly of Kennedy, however, that he even wrote jokes for him on the campaign trail, including one which inspired JFK’s quip at his own expense — about a telegram from his wealthy father. Mort Sahl, comedian who satirized politics, dies at 94 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Hip-hop may be increasingly amorphous and inseparable from pop, yet these cross-generational telegrams imply an additional truth: lyrics are back. Hip-Hop’s New Wave of Lyricism 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z American poet and writer Archibald MacLeish wrote a telegram in 1940 after the publication of "For Whom the Bell Tolls," praising Hemingway's work. Items from Hemingway's Cuba home go to JFK Library 2013-05-06T21:27:08Z One of his long-running projects was a series of telegrams sent to associates that bore a single line: “I am still alive.” Conceptual artist On Kawara, whose main motif was the passing of time, dies at 81 He left school aged 15 to become a telegram boy for the New Zealand Post Office. Don Peebles obituary 2010-05-02T17:23:00Z Williams sent him a telegram stating only: “Thank God for you, my dear boy.” ‘I don’t let regret in’: Pierce Brosnan on love, loss and his life after Bond 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z It consists of short, detail-laden chapters interspersed with excerpts from historical telegrams, newspaper articles, letters and police reports. A New Book About Mussolini Is Provoking a Debate Over His Legacy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z I imagine that the first telegram was an urgent plea for a hookup. Tinder isn’t swiping out romance: Why reports of the dating apocalypse may be greatly exaggerated 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The documents, which were shown by the Huntington in 2012 as part of a Civil War exhibit, include about 500 telegrams sent by or addressed to Lincoln. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The telegrams, clicked out by about 1,500 telegraph operators, many of whom did a bit of editorializing, are remarkable literature, shorthand sketches of a United States at the brink of collapse. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z As well as slaughters and still lifes, the exhibition is filled with posters, scarves, copies of telegrams from Fidel Castro and commendations from the Russian politburo. Picasso: War, peace and a life of extremes 2010-05-19T20:29:00Z Sinatra even sent a telegram to a Congressional subcommittee complaining that Mr. Miller had denied him “freedom of selection.” Mitch Miller, Maestro of the Singalong, Dies at 99 2010-08-02T16:28:00Z "I think he would be shocked that a telegram to his daughter is going up for auction for $2,000," Griffith said. Christie's to auction rare Faulkner collection 2010-06-18T17:27:00Z A note on the telegram, believed to be handwritten by Hemingway's second wife Pauline Pfeiffer, showed Fitzgerald's suggestion was met with a return wire expressing regrets. Dear Papa: Letters to Hemingway get crucial repair 2012-09-26T09:16:04Z If ever there was man destined for a telegram from the Queen, it was our Jack. Getting fit in middle age: a marathon addict, a couch potato and others share their pain 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Perhaps that is why this telegram is so meaningful to me. A telegram from the 1940s previewed the beginning of a new life 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z That Hemingway loved being famous is amply demonstrated here by the scrapbook he kept of congratulatory telegrams he received in October 1954 after winning the Nobel Prize. Batch of Hemingway Ephemera From Cuba Is Digitized 2014-02-10T22:52:36Z “Then I got a telegram from Mark saying, meet me in Paris, where he proposed. I dropped everything.” Blanche Marvin, 93: ‘I’m never lonely in this house, because I have my life with me’ 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z He and Mitchell were breaking up, and she sent him a telegram from Greece. What pushed Graham Nash, the quiet one, to record his solo masterpiece 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Letters and telegrams are sometimes filed under the sender’s first name, sometimes the last, and apparently no effort has been made to single out important papers from lesser ones. Batch of Hemingway Ephemera From Cuba Is Digitized 2014-02-10T22:52:36Z This time, she brought me several photographs of Barbara Stanwyck, because, as she wrote in an email that read like a poem sent by telegram: Adrienne Kennedy, Playwright: Still Quiet, Still Bold, Still Furious 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z A telegram informs the United States and British Virgin Islands of the sinking; in reality there was none, and families waited days for news of the ship. Tales of shipwreck, war and nightclub dancers all at the National Book Festival A telegram arrives with news about Uncle Harold, and Robert has to go help him. Downton Abbey Recap: Whole Hog 2014-02-10T03:00:27Z The telegram reads: “Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 22 minutes after seven.” Telegram announcing Abraham Lincoln’s death is up for sale 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The Herald reprinted telegrams sent by Stanton to an Army general in New York: Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The telegram ledger pages are crisp and slightly yellowed. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z There is no dispute about the wording of the telegram that Stanton sent soon thereafter: Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z For more than a century, nearly 16,000 Civil War telegrams have sat locked in a trunk that once belonged to a confidant of President Abraham Lincoln. Essential Arts & Culture: Deciphering Civil War telegrams, summer of Shakespeare, a conductor's fiery performance 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Mason received horrible letters and telegrams from fellow Jews — even from his own Jewish agent — insisting that he destroy the identity they shared. Jackie Mason's thorny career: Once a beacon for Jewish pride, the comedian later turned to bigotry 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Suddenly, a young messenger boy came running across the field, clutching a telegram. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z This is one of those movies where the plot can't just happen; it has to arrive at your door like a series of singing telegrams. "The Last Airbender": Shyamalan's fantasy schlockfest 2010-07-01T00:31:00Z He boxed professionally for a time, delivered telegrams and taught ballroom dancing, meeting his first wife, Carol, at an Arthur Murray studio. Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89 2012-12-25T09:19:03Z It’s 1942, so many of those telegrams contain the worst possible news for the families of soldiers. Review: In ‘Ithaca,’ Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks Reunite for a War Story 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Norwood peeks in at his local roller-skating rink: “The boys were skating fast, working hard at it, as though they were delivering important telegrams.” Review | ‘True Grit’ is a modern classic, but it’s not the only great work by Charles Portis 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z So is a tattered telegram sent by Taro from Spain to Capa in Paris, requesting that he bring new photographic equipment, but also coffee and chocolate. Art Review: Images of War, Finally Unpacked 2010-09-23T22:45:00Z I sent a telegram to Palestine telling my relatives: 'Tonight, I will play the Appassionata.' Terez?n: music from a Nazi ghetto 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z The 15,971 telegrams — hidden in a wooden foot locker for more than a century — scrolled like a Twitter feed through the Civil War. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z But Tucker, who rose to country stardom in the early 1970s, needed one more thing: a drag queen available on short notice to dress up as her and deliver a singing telegram. Tanya Tucker Would Rather Be Celebrated While She’s Alive 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z You send out these beautiful, enigmatic, polished telegrams, although once I started reading the book, I realized some of them are lines from the novel. “You get a cookie for being offended”: Mat Johnson on the fine art of racial satire 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z The telegram was part of Bousquet’s legal file after he was formally accused in 1989 of crimes against humanity for orchestrating the roundup of Jews and for ordering the deportation of Jewish children. France Confronts an Ignoble Chapter 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Is “he” the professor who received the telegram? Chekhov’s Beautiful Nonfiction 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z After all, this was not just a victory against one pub – following his win, the new prime minister, Harold Wilson, sent Stephenson a personal telegram to say he would change the law. Paul Stephenson: the hero who refused to leave a pub – and helped desegregate Britain 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z How touched I was that, from his prison cell, Nelson Mandela took the time to send a telegram. Digested read: Outside In by Peter Hain 2012-02-12T22:38:00Z Older writers find younger ones irritating, Martin Amis writes in “The Rub of Time,” his fourth nonfiction miscellany, because their emergence is like a series of telegrams from the boneyard. Two Generations on View in Essays by Martin Amis and Zadie Smith 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Reading this resigned missive, you imagine the father’s helplessness — just as you imagine the recipients of Mr. Kawara’s telegrams breathing a sigh of relief. Art Review: Simple Truths in Matters of Life and Death 2011-03-24T21:40:03Z At the Hay Festival of Literature & Arts in Wales in the summer of 2010, Mr. Amis dryly commented that “being a grandfather is like getting a telegram from the mortuary.” Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z If not, consider sending a singing telegram: “M is for the many times you muffled me ...” Social Q?s: It?s All About My Mother 2011-05-05T19:03:45Z Known for her androgynous style, the collection will feature insightful documentary evidence about the star, such as telegrams, bills and receipts for men's sweaters she ordered from the house. Dior exhibit set to trace 60 years of film fashion 2012-04-03T18:54:13Z President Franklin D Roosevelt refrained from sending black athletes the conventional telegram of congratulation on their victories, prompting Owens to declare: "Hitler didn't snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me." The shameful legacy of the Olympic Games 2012-06-14T19:00:08Z The next day, her father sends a telegram to Trujillo apologising, but it is no good: he is thrown in jail. Reel history | In the Time of the Butterflies: feisty but it doesn't really fly 2010-03-18T09:30:00Z I chose 1912 as a starting point, because I wanted it to be at the beginning of the modern world, moving into trains and cars and telegrams, and ending with the announcement of war. ‘Downton Abbey’: Saying Farewell to All That 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z She’s just learned of her husband’s death and is chewing up the telegram — or a bill. Art Review: Rineke Dijkstra Videos at Marian Goodman Gallery 2010-08-12T21:53:00Z The new format was a disaster, with Ted's offensive "good-time" banter provoking angry telegrams. Ted Baxter pursued fame over journalism – but unlike today’s pundits, he didn't corrupt the news 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Their publicists are hard at work converting the spat from telegram to . Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-12-01T20:30:00Z The capsule collection includes everything from uniforms, signed baseballs, a few scripts and a telegram to two of the film’s young stars from Walter Matthau, who played “Bears” coach Morris Buttermaker. From neon to knickknacks, ‘the Smithsonian of the Valley’ puts San Fernando Valley history on display 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The references may have changed — “alligator pears” instead of avocado toast; Vionnet, not Vuori; telegrams rather than texting — but the preoccupation with love, money, fun and trouble is eternal. She Wrote Frankly About Divorce, and Suffered the Consequences 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z I'm only surprised the scene doesn't also involve fax machines, pneumatic tubes and somebody delivering a telegram. "The Green Hornet": Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry's 3-D mishmash 2011-01-13T01:30:00Z "It's just a rumor that was spread around town, a telegram or a picture postcard," sang Costello. Elvis Costello, Ben Folds harness the L.A. Phil at the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z “She just showed me the telegram: ‘Annie died this morning,’” says Mary. The sisters of Battle Road: ‘We didn’t need anyone else as children, or now’ 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z It felt like a boardinghouse from another era; I couldn’t shake the feeling that a telegram might arrive for me at any moment. Saving, and Splurging, in Guyana 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “Hurry up and get well Ringo,” McCartney wrote Starr in a telegram at the time. You know the Beatles. Here are 16 other important names in the epic ‘Get Back’ series. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z It was bad enough to start the wager, but as we saw from the telegram, he actually encourages his hired man to "use any means necessary," which could imply murder, to stop Fogg. "Around the World in 80 Days" co-creator on the twist ending, David Tennant and where to go next 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The British broke the code and showed the telegram to the U.S. government. 'Lost History of 1914': the war that might not have been 2012-03-07T22:47:04Z Aspiring actress Roxy Cumberland is willing to do anything to make ends meet — including hiring herself out as a singing telegram. March’s best romance: ‘Chase Me,’ The Deal’ and ‘It Started With a Scandal’ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Letters, telegrams and a money clip from Monroe to Snyder are also among the lots set to be sold during Julien's Auctions' Hollywood Legends sale on March 31 and April 1. Rare Marilyn Monroe photos hit auction block 2012-03-16T12:16:04Z Becoming a grandfather, Martin Amis has said, “is like getting a telegram from the mortuary.” Books of The Times: ‘Martin Amis: The Biography,’ by Richard Bradford 2012-12-05T04:49:02Z There are also telegrams from another writer and bullfight enthusiast, Ernest Hemingway, with some passing criticism of Mr. Conrad, reflecting a rivalry between two men who never met. A Novelist Makes Good on His Promise to Sinclair Lewis 2011-01-26T16:25:50Z Gone are the days of the telegram report, but new technologies bring their own challenge to delivering fast and accurate news. Backstory: A very modern royal wedding 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z In 1913, in Philadelphia, the company manager received a fateful telegram from representatives of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios: “Is there a man named Chaffin in your company or something like that.” Charlie Chaplin's Scandalous Life and Boundless Artistry 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z “I spoke with Mrs. Reagan about the attached telegram” from Rock Hudson’s people, wrote Mark Weinberg, special assistant to the president, in a memo. On drugs, Nancy Reagan just said no. On AIDS, she said nothing. 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z "It's not something you hear about a lot," Hard Rock historian Jeff Nolan said of the telegram, now displayed at the restaurant in Prague. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z Made public March 1, 1917, the telegram caused a furor in the United States. 'Lost History of 1914': the war that might not have been 2012-03-07T22:47:04Z “Am not politician, but exponent of German music, which belongs to all humanity regardless of politics,” Furtwängler wrote in 1936, in clipped telegram style, withdrawing under pressure from the New York Philharmonic post. Putin’s Maestro, and the Limits of Cultural Exchange in Wartime 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z He delivered singing telegrams, including one to an Italian wedding. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Broadway – Nathan Lane! 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Her early departure also meant she missed all the phone calls, flowers and telegrams that arrived for her in the United States. Oscar Rewind: When Rita Moreno Made History and Thanked No One 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “Hal wanted to direct and produce ‘Superstar,’ ” Lloyd Webber recalls, and the director said so in a telegram to the composer. With a recent Tony nod, Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber looks back, and forward 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In a telegram, Mr. Lowell offered a prose poem about Lt. New York Public Library Acquires Archive of The New York Review of Books 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The director was fired shortly after that, by telegram. Letter: Ravi Shankar's Riverside raga for the BBC 2012-12-13T15:36:29Z Lincoln responded in a telegram to Grant: “Let the thing be pressed.” Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Bacon heard about his death on the opening day of the 1962 Tate retrospective dedicated to him at the same time he was receiving telegrams of praise and adulation. Portrait of Francis Bacon's violent lover to be auctioned at Sotheby's 2013-04-08T03:00:01Z There are drafts of early stories Hemingway wrote in pencil on American Red Cross hospital stationery in Italy, where he was a volunteer, or on Parisian telegram sheets. ‘Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars’ Arriving at Morgan Library 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z There are brisk cameos by Churchill and Woodrow Wilson, desperate flurries of wireless messages and telegrams, quick flashes to London and Berlin. Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake,’ About the Lusitania 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In response he receives this telegram from his agent: “Political opinion puzzling we think that unnecessary stop No reaction from Warner Bros but one story like this is plenty.” Books of The Times: ‘Mission to Paris’ by Alan Furst 2012-06-03T22:37:20Z When her agent sent the Ardèle translation to Anouilh, he replied by telegram: "This translation is remarkable, note the name." Lucienne Hill obituary 2013-01-17T18:30:51Z Letters, postcards and telegrams, included with addresses and personalized stationery, are scattered throughout the novel to emphasize the partial and timebound quality of Vanessa’s narrative, the limitations on what she can see and understand. ‘Vanessa and Her Sister,’ by Priya Parmar 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z A telegram from President Woodrow Wilson said the gift “serves democracy.” Revisiting 1917, a Year That Reverberates for Jews Around the World 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z In May 1955, as she was about to graduate, she received a telegram from New York letting her know that her application for a “guest editor” slot at Mademoiselle magazine had been approved. The Chic Octogenarian Behind Barbie’s Best Looks 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z You can send me a telegram here on Wednesday," he wrote from York Cottage on the royal estate at Sandringham, "if you have acquired the 'Post Office'. Royal stamp of approval: Exhibition unveils George V's guilty secret 2010-05-06T17:50:00Z They chime with the mail art made by Duchamp, Ray Johnson and On Kawara, who over the years sent hundreds of telegrams to friends that simply informed them he was still alive. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z From Civil War telegrams to a historic Los Angeles house to the shaky place of art in Brazil, there has been terrific culture writing going on. Essential Arts & Culture: Deciphering Civil War telegrams, summer of Shakespeare, a conductor's fiery performance 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z They remain powerfully connected to Mr. Kawara’s other well-known body of work, a series of telegrams sent to his dealer that bore the message “I am still alive.” Art In Review: On Kawara?s ?Date Painting(s)? at David Zwirner Gallery 2012-02-02T23:54:04Z JS: Well, nothing ventured – I think I sent him a telegram. Jonathan Ross meets Jim Steranko, his comic-book hero 2010-07-20T23:10:00Z “We are permitted to send telegrams but forbidden to be specific,” she writes — an eerie precedent for Ms. Korot’s work. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z And then one day I got a telegram from him telling me I was full of s---. What it was like to be 18 and investigating the president during the summer of Watergate 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z His spokesman, Stuart Bell, said the former Beatle is too busy on his world tour to comb his memory for his thoughts about a telegram sent more than four decades ago. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z The anniversary is also represented in “Five Telegrams,” which is partly inspired by soldiers’ telegrams from 1918. Edinburgh International Festival Embraces Youth at 71 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Pike meticulously preserved telegrams, clothing, photographs and other mementos of the duo’s time together. | Portraits and Keepsakes of Coco Chanel 2013-09-04T22:25:25Z After reading through her letters and telegrams, National Woman’s Party papers and newspaper accounts, Ms. Michna-Bales traced the suffragist’s path and spent weeks traveling along it. She Was More Than Just the ‘Most Beautiful Suffragist’ 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Stanton sent another telegram 65 minutes later, saying the president was still alive but “quite insensible,” and reporting, “Investigation strongly indicates J. Wilkes Booth as the assassin of the President.” Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Mann seamlessly draws together material from recently released FBI files, police reports, telegrams and newspapers. How Hollywood scandal was born 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The telegrams resonate with heartbreak, warning, sarcasm and conniving. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The performer Elaine Stritch died in 2014 at 89 after over 70 years appearing in plays, musicals, film, television, cabaret and newspaper gossip columns, telegrams and Twitter, saloons and recovery meetings. Love Elaine Stritch? Thank the Parts She Didn’t Get 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z A charming image, it lives in obscurity among contracts, clippings, letters, telegrams, and royalty statements that make up the rest of the literary agency’s archives at Columbia University. When Harper Lee Doodled in Shakespeare Class 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Sir Ian Henderson, the British ambassador, visited her and wrote in a subsequent and somewhat tetchy diplomatic telegram that she had tried to speak "in conspiratorial whispers, which I discouraged in front of the police." Ballerina's clumsy role in coup attempt detailed 2010-05-30T05:46:00Z “Would be inhumane to continue. May result in permanent physical injury and possible mental disability,” the telegram read. Taxi Dancers to Gaga: Roseland’s Life and Death 2014-03-27T22:11:12Z And there is a fidelity to detail; even the Russian telegrams of the 1880s have been meticulously researched to ensure the right look. Met Opera Takes On ‘Fedora,’ Neglected Tale of Murder and Love 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z The telegram, advising McCartney to contact producer Douglas if he could make the session, has been part of the Hard Rock Cafe memorabilia collection since it was purchased at auction in 1995. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z A telegram came back: "My daughter was a lady before you ever met her." William Walton obituary 2010-03-24T18:21:00Z Last September, on her 50th birthday, he sent a telegram calling her the pride of Russia, and describing her as an “open, charming and friendly person, with an uplifting personality and a clear-cut civic stance.” The Netrebko Question 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z David sent a telegram to the dean of his college: “Regrets. Advice not taken. Am married.” How we met: ‘I had to send a telegram that read: “Regrets. Advice not taken. Am married”’ 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z In his 1936 Western Union telegram to his 3-year-old daughter, Faulkner wished her "plenty of ghosts, goblins, witches and cats and owls on Halloween." Christie's to auction rare Faulkner collection 2010-06-18T17:27:00Z After securing access to Ray Charles — a coup facilitated by a series of Western Union telegrams sent in Braille — he realized that the best possible outcome would be a book rendered in Charles’s voice. David Ritz Opens Up About Aretha Franklin and Others 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Maze's portrait of Churchill at his easel, painted that day the telegram arrived in France, also will be on view. Winston Churchill's paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z But the Picasso who consorted with Soviet officials, who was photographed examining pictures of Stalin, who received telegrams from Fidel Castro, is only part of the story. Picasso nearly risked his reputation for Franco exhibition 2010-05-27T23:05:00Z He was her great mentor and friend across 17 years of correspondence and some 700 letters, notes and telegrams. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a Novelist Who Went on a Quest for an Authentic Life 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z The telegram raises more questions than it answers. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z Rice heard about them from the architect Philip Johnson, and he sent a telegram to Albers inviting him and his wife to come teach at Black Mountain. Learn By Painting 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Between the late 1960s and 1979, Mr. Kawara sent telegrams as regularly as possible to a rotating selection of friends and colleagues that announced, “I am still alive.” On Kawara, Conceptual Artist Who Found Elegance in Every Day, Dies at 81 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z The telegrams were part of papers kept by Thomas T. Eckert, a Lincoln confidant and head of the U.S. military telegraph office at the War Department. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z In addition to somewhat peculiar items like a Russian military uniform from "The Iron Petticoat," a 1956 comedy she made with Bob Hope, she also kept opening-night telegrams and floral cards. On the Runway Blog: Exhibition on Katharine Hepburn 2012-10-19T18:44:46Z One evening whilst at work on those pitiful telegrams, a colleague sent me a note to the effect that "Ha, ha you Jews are certainly getting it in the neck these days." My great-grandparents died in the Holocaust and were almost forgotten 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z He would go along when she did singing telegrams. Sam Rockwell, Screendom’s Slinkiest Rogue 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Mother handed the hospital telegram to Dad that night at 10, the first time he'd been off the tractor since morning. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z There is also a one-sentence telegram that Roach sent to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller after the Attica uprising in 1971: “Does your belief that prisoners are not human justify the loss of 42 lives?” Critic’s Notebook: Library of Congress Acquires Max Roach’s Papers 2014-01-24T22:54:46Z All along the telegraph wires, from cloud to cloud, telegrams fly. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z But apparently the “Anglos” who prevented Mexican families from becoming foster parents in 1904 Arizona never got the telegram about charity and kindness. Review: A Legal Battle Over Adoption in ‘The Copper Children’ 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z She worshipped Madonna, taught aerobics and delivered singing telegrams. Kristin Chenoweth: 'GCB' is 'not trying to be Shakespeare' 2012-05-04T03:15:05Z But it does make it hard to believe that these people could ever possibly deceive one another, when their faces keep reading like large-print telegrams. Press views: Weisz and Craig in Betrayal 2013-11-04T11:37:56Z To prove this, Salinger reported to the State Department in a one a.m. telegram that Khrushchev had told him something incredible: He believed he had won the presidency for Kennedy. Kennedy-Nixon 1960 election clash: The last time Russians intervened in a U.S. election 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Warburg was concerned about technology — the Wright Brothers were modern-day “Icaruses” and telegram and telephone technology were threatening myth and nature — as well as anti-Semitism. This Atlas of Art and Memory Is a Wonder of the Modern World 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z It was Graham Greene himself — a resident of the French Riviera — who publicly reveled in the literary freedom of train travel, out of reach from distracting letters and telegrams. A Writing Retreat by Rail, From Paris to the Côte d’Azur 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z On 1 June, her birthday, she sent Greenson a telegram: "In this world of people I'm glad there's you." Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z War bonds and Gold Star Mothers and telegrams and the columns of Ernie Pyle. No ordinary lives: A tribute to Washington’s WWII veterans The archives include handwritten letters and telegrams Wolfe received with feedback about shows. New York Public Library Acquires George C. Wolfe’s Archives 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z He still seemed to live in a world where people send opening-night telegrams, and men call the waitress “doll” and get together to “have some laughs.” The TV Watch: Regis Philbin Says Goodbye on ?Live!? 2011-11-18T22:00:56Z Of course that didn't happen, but the telegram brings us something to dream about. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z For decades, we’ve opened our doors to find newspapers, flowers, pizza, Chinese food and singing telegrams. I spent a week at home ordering every on-demand delivery I craved. 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z But the writer outfoxed him, sending a telegram that she was on her way and asking him to arrange a seat. ‘Mary Poppins’ creator P.L. Travers is even more fascinating than her fiction 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z From Baker's telegrams to Bailey, it's clear that Baker felt the showman scammed him. Joe Exotic channels the spirit of America’s 19th-century tiger kings 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The parallelogram of the title, therefore, isn’t the shape you remember from geometry; it’s more of a pun, suggesting a message, like a telegram, from a parallel reality. Review: Self, Meet Your Future, in ‘A Parallelogram’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Wrapped inside a handwritten letter from the artist Charles White was a telegram of support from Brando. Six Decades After the Banana Boat, Harry Belafonte’s Archive Sails Home 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z A telegram from Jacqueline Kennedy’s press secretary saying the family hoped the Brits would allow the scenes had no effect. Theodore J. Flicker, Sitcom Creator, Dies at 84 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Pauline promptly filed for divorce and sent a telegram to her husband Richard, who was away in the Isle of Wight, to let him know. Strauss's Intermezzo: Scottish Opera whip up a perfect storm in a teacup 2011-03-24T22:30:01Z “Dracula” assembles itself from telegrams, diary entries, doctor’s notes and ship’s logs. Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z I was evacuated and spent six years waiting for a telegram telling me my dad was dead. Michael Caine: ‘Boy, did we have fun…’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Doors unpredictably creak open; a telegram machine taps out its disembodied messages. My Fair Lady; The Dance of Death; Midnight's Pumpkin – review 2012-12-23T00:09:26Z “Sherman alerted President Lincoln of the capture with a telegram presenting Lincoln with Savannah as a Christmas present,” Krowl said. 10 things you may not know about Abraham Lincoln 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z In the early days, I felt as if I was writing telegrams instead of drama. Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z One May morning in 1902, Pauline Strauss opened a telegram addressed to her husband. Strauss's Intermezzo: Scottish Opera whip up a perfect storm in a teacup 2011-03-24T22:30:01Z The first challenge was sorting out the plot, a topsy-turvy tale of love, betrayal and politics that involves the secret police, an endless stream of letters and telegrams and a poison-filled necklace. Met Opera Takes On ‘Fedora,’ Neglected Tale of Murder and Love 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z But she still treasures the telegram Mr. Kline sent her on opening night of “Evita”: “InEVITAble!” Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z According to the legend, Baranovsky sent Stalin a telegram saying he would rather kill himself. St. Basil's Cathedral: Russia's faulty towers? 2011-07-12T14:07:10Z He added that few knew the scope of the telegrams and that the 2008 recession kept potential buyers out of the market for historical papers. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The telegram ledgers were taken by Eckert, who would later become president of Western Union, when he retired from the War Department in 1867. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z He still seemed to live in a world where people send opening-night telegrams, and men call the waitress "doll" and get together to "have some laughs." Regis Philbin says goodbye on 'Live' 2011-11-19T03:52:04Z The next morning she received a telegram: “Dear Miss Davis, please do not continue to refer to me as an old broad. Sincerely, Joan Crawford.” ‘I wouldn’t sit on her toilet …’ Screen revival of Davis and Crawford feud sparks sexism debate 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z French promoter and Hendrix fanatic Yazid Manou, who has researched the telegram, says it offers a glimpse of what might have been. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z "One swallow doesn't make a summer, Thomas," sneers one young toff, dumping Thomas into the "Cheers for the grapple, old bean, never telegram me ever again" file. Grace Dent's Screen burn: Downton Abbey 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z When I tried to send him a telegram saying 'How dare you call me a cult?' the telephonist refused to send it. Robin Thornber obituary 2010-12-12T18:08:00Z His immediate reaction, in Macdonald's recollection, was to drink heavily and send a series of increasingly desperate telegrams to his wife, Chan. Charlie Parker: a genius distilled 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z Among the next batch of letters that will head to the lab this fall will be four Western Union telegrams F. Scott Fitzgerald sent Hemingway from 1934 to 1937. Dear Papa: Letters to Hemingway get crucial repair 2012-09-26T09:16:04Z In another folder, a telegram asks Toby Bruce to be a pallbearer at the author’s funeral. What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar 80 Years Ago 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z "They had sent her a telegram from the Lowells' and she agreed to go, and now we were waiting to find out when," Ms. Coleman wrote. ArtsBeat: Mean Streets to Grub Street? Scorsese Films New York Review's 50th Anniversary 2013-02-05T20:39:53Z When asked that question directly, the 56-year-old actor turned playwright turned screenwriter turned filmmaker — whose early, post-college career once included such odd jobs as delivering singing telegrams — demurs. Aaron Sorkin finds a heroine after his own heart in ‘Molly’s Game’ 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z So this isn’t one “stupid” act, it’s a singing telegram from your maturity and integrity centers, begging for your attention. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: After a breakup, regrets that his parents were able to sway him 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z With only a copy of Swallows and Amazons and a cryptic telegram to guide him, he must evade a portly policeman named Flint and to find her. Fiction for older children ? reviews 2011-07-21T10:40:32Z Two years later, Lee’s army was surrounded and in tatters at Appomattox, Va. “If the thing is pressed I think Lee will surrender,” Union cavalry Gen. Philip Sheridan wrote in a telegram. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Even the Union of Sugarcane Workers jumped on the bandwagon and sent a telegram. How Mexico tried to save Freud from the Nazis 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Early in the movie, an unwitting village sends the trio a telegram begging to be rescued from an “infamous” outlaw known as El Guapo. Book review: ‘I Must Say,’ by Martin Short 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Later in the day, Mr. Brecker sent a telegram to The Brooklyn Times reporting that the boat was to return to shore after the dancers became seasick. Taxi Dancers to Gaga: Roseland’s Life and Death 2014-03-27T22:11:12Z Among other historical artifacts, Elizabeth showed the Trumps a portrait of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and a draft copy of a telegram from George VI to U.S. British queen shows Donald Trump family golf snaps 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z These are remnants from their recent 60th wedding anniversary, a feat so remarkable that any couple which reaches that landmark qualifies for a telegram of congratulations from the King. Prunella Scales and Timothy West: Dementia won't break our 60-year love affair 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “Are you kidding? I’ve been begging for years. I wrote about a hundred letters, a few telegrams too.” I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z Pope Francis sent a Saturday telegram to the bishop of Portland, Robert Deeley, saying he was “deeply saddened to learn of the terrible loss of life resulting from the mass shooting.” Maine embarks on healing and searches for answers a day after mass killing suspect is found dead 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, its telegram channel said. Uganda vows to track down killers of tour guide, honeymoon couple 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Together, they read like a telegram sent straight from America’s id. Before Goop, there was Suzanne Somers 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The Germans and their allies were sending telegram and radio messages all over the world at record speeds, carrying secret military intelligence. This Code Breaking Quaker Poet Hunted Nazis 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Thousands attended their funeral and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had sent Wallace a telegram excoriating him — “The blood of our little children is on your hands” — delivered the eulogy. What we owe survivors of racial terror | Charles M. Blow 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Francis sent a telegram of greetings to Chinese President Xi Jinping as his aircraft flew through China’s airspace coming and going to Mongolia. Pope insists Vatican-China relations are on track but says more work is needed 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z "I send greetings of good wishes to your excellency and the People of China," the Pope said in the telegram addressed to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Pope Francis lands in Mongolia, home to tiny Catholic flock 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z A short video published posthumously on Grey Zone, a Russian telegram channel associated with Prigozhin suggests the mercenary leader was aware of his own mortality. The Wagner mercenary group’s second-in-command is buried in a quiet Moscow ceremony 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z I received telegrams and flowers and dressed myself and did my own hair and makeup for the event. 'American Graffiti': An oral history of 'the quintessential hot rod movie' 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z With no George Kennan to send a “long telegram,” which the then-diplomat to Moscow did in 1946, laying out Soviet intentions and urging the first strategy of containment, we’re left wondering about constructive steps forward. Seattle hosts a major trade summit with a long list of challenges 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z "A Kyiv regime attempt to carry out a terrorist act using two drones on objects on the territory of the city of Moscow was stopped," the defence ministry said in a statement posted to telegram. Russia accuses Ukraine of Moscow drone attack 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The voice message was posted to telegram by Russian MP Andrei Gurulyov, who is a former military commander and frequent commentator on state TV. Ukraine war: Russian general fired after criticising army leaders 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z These OMPFs can also contain items such as telegrams, letters, photographs and testimonials - sometimes hundreds of pages - that might not exist anywhere else. A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z These OMPFs can also contain items such as telegrams, letters, photographs and testimonials — sometimes hundreds of pages — that might not exist anywhere else. A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z “I have always sincerely admired his wisdom, his ability to make balanced, far-sighted decisions even in the most difficult situations,” Mr. Putin said in the telegram released by the Kremlin Monday. Checkered and colorful, Berlusconi created a template for populists 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z “I have always sincerely admired his wisdom, his ability to make balanced, far-sighted decisions even in the most difficult situations,” Putin said in the telegram released by the Kremlin. Adored, scorned, impossible to ignore in life, Berlusconi in death draws tributes even from critics 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Putin sent a telegram of condolence, hailing Berlusconi as a “patriarch” of Italian politics and a true patriot. Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z On the home front, military families stationed at Fort Benning began receiving Western Union telegrams bearing news of the losses of these young husbands, fathers and sons. How a Military Base’s New Name Honors a Military Spouse and Mother 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Julia Moore successfully lobbied the Pentagon to adopt a policy that military families would be notified of war casualties in person rather than by telegram. Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z It includes more than 100 rarely seen artifacts — scripts, telegrams, Oscar statuettes, film costumes, court documents — that tell the infamous story of the Hollywood blacklist. The infamous blacklist changed Hollywood. A timely show tracing its history arrives at Skirball 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z “We sent a telegram to Buckingham Palace to let them know that they’re not in charge anymore,” Graves said Friday, two days after his deal narrowly passed the House with only GOP votes. Analysis | Defaulting on the national debt is much closer than anyone realizes 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Pope Francis sent a telegram of condolence, recalling him as a “protagonist of Italian political life, who carried out his public responsibilities with an energetic temperament.” Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Unaccustomed to notifying so many families at once, the Army hired taxi drivers to deliver the telegrams. How a Military Base’s New Name Honors a Military Spouse and Mother 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z His second election in 1985 was bolstered by a last-minute telegram of support from famous evangelist Billy Graham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Charles Stanley, influential Baptist preacher, dies at 90 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z In an interview for the Agentstvo telegram channel, friends of Ms Trepova said that their marriage was a "joke" and they were really just friends. Darya Trepova: What we know about accused in Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky's killing 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Six days after the runoff, with Stevenson still holding a narrow lead in the statewide count, a second telegram was sent, changing Jim Wells County’s vote to: Johnson 1,988, Stevenson, 770. AP WAS THERE: Uncovering Lyndon B Johnson’s stolen election 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said they had uncovered telegrams Babcock sent to ringleaders to assist their scheme. Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z In a telegram, Francis asked Bishop J. Mark Spalding, of the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, to convey his “heartfelt condolences” and the assurance of his prayers. Nashville looks to vigil for solace after school shooting 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Those who couldn’t make it sent in telegrams denouncing the decision made by the school board. Preserving a powerful legacy in a county transformed by Black people 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z He noted that while checking historic archives, he found Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s telegrams urging arms factories directors to boost output under the threat of reprisals. Russia’s security chief blasts West, dangles nuclear threats 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The centenarian also received a birthday telegram from the King. Advice for a long life from Orpington 108-year-old: 'Work hard but party harder' 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The telegram that began, “We regret to inform you …” was delivered behind the wire at Heart Mountain. Forced to live in horse stalls. How one of America's worst injustices played out at Santa Anita 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z A former minister of education sent a congratulatory telegram on the school’s opening. A Video-Gaming School Stumbles on a Way to Get Dropouts Back in Class 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z His father, Jean, a veteran of World War I, led a team in charge of upkeep of the local tramway and made extra money delivering telegrams. Robert Hébras, Last Survivor of 1944 Massacre in France, Dies at 97 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin also offered condolences in telegrams to the leaders of Syria and Turkey and expressed readiness to help. Live: Live updates | EU rushes rescuers, satellite help to Turkey 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z |
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