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• Lady Hester received a vote of thanks from the French Chamber of Deputies, after a speech by Comte Delaborde, explaining the services she had rendered. —  Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
• Dr. Nowell is celebrated for having preached a sermon before the House of Commons, on the 3Oth of January, 1773, full of high Tory sentiments, for which he was thanked as usual, and printed it at their request; but, in the midst of that turbulence and faction which disgraced a part of the present reign, the thanks were afterwards ordered to be expunged [911]. —  Life Of Johnson
• And today, our nation takes a moment to say thanks -- thanks for what all you do; thanks for those who carry a hammer; thanks for the police; thanks for the schoolteachers ... —  CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2001
• I mean, we showed you President Obama back in October, 2008, very clearly saying, look, we're going to say no thanks -- thanks but no thanks to drug companies, basically, we're going to be able to get medicines from Canada for half the price, we're going to open things up. —  CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2009
• For their commitment and for their sacrifices, we will give thanks -- thanks to the American people -- and we will express the continuing resolve of our coalition for a long campaign to deny terrorists sanctuary anywhere in the world. —  CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2002

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