Mr Crackett, whose wife Jessica gave birth to their first child Sol a month ago, said the American family sent him a four-page letter thanking him.

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Pearl's widow, Mariane, released a two-page letter Friday thanking the world for the outpouring of support during the monthlong ordeal of her husband's abduction.

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He had earlier written Stacy a letter apologizing for not being a better husband and thanking her for everything she had given him, especially their three daughters.

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Singapore police also found a two-page letter on Mr. Todd's laptop thanking his parents and friends and asking for their forgiveness, Mr. Tai said.

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Among the handful of documents here from the period of World War II, a section of the archives still closed to scholars, is a 1942 letter from Jewish inmates of an Italian concentration camp, thanking Pope Pius XII for his support and gifts of clothing.

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Chief Jerry Yang sent a letter to employees Saturday after Microsoft withdrew its bid for the company, thanking them for persevering.

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After much research, we found a letter dated May 12, 1912 from Henry James to Edith Wharton , thanking her for a package containing two books- one was Chateaubriand .

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Hansen, founder of Valiant Group, this week released a letter he wrote to Seattle Mayor Michael McGinn and King County Executive Dow Constantine thanking them for their co-operation in putting together a proposal that includes building an arena near the stadiums used by Seattle's pro football and baseball teams.

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Court documents released Sunday show that investigators found a letter from Giffords in a safe at the house where Loughner lived with his parents, thanking him for attending a 2007 event, similar to Saturday's meet-and-greet.

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Court documents released a few days after the shooting showed that investigators found a letter from Giffords in a safe at the house where Loughner lived with his parents, thanking him for attending a 2007 event.

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Thanking Steve Jobs for his Thoughts on Music isn't exactly how we'd expected a letter to start by Fred Amoroso, CEO of Macrovision, the original DRM company whose fair use crippling technology dates back all the way to 1984 (no joke).

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