Margaret Beckett even began her covering letter to the prime minister last year regarding the report with "Dear Gordon", so this could never be described as an independent report.
Valentine's Day is almost as dear to the Chinese as the Lunar New Year, but they view it primarily as an opportunity for men to demonstrate their worthiness and commitment.
Patrick's Day. (Laughter.) We just wanted to prove that America considers Ireland a dear and steadfast friend every day of the year. (Applause.) Some of you may have noticed we even brought the cherry blossoms out early for our Irish and Northern Irish visitors.
Today marks the 63rd anniversary of when in 1951 the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Moses, prophet, leader, teacher of our generation common to all, came to office a year after the passing in 1950 of his dear father-in-law.
So with that dear readers, I thank you for all your interest and support this year.
Now, just because Radiohead offered up the music on a pay-what-you-wish scale something near and dear to NPR folk or was it really the finest musical offering of the year?
We hear so much about the dangers of skin cancer, or the more mundane problem of wrinkles and skin deterioration, that it almost seems hard to believe anybody would have a real nut-brown year-round tan, says Mary Killen, who writes the Spectator's Dear Mary column.
"By the sudden death of my dear father I am called to assume the duties and responsibilities of sovereignty, " the 25-year old queen explained to her privy councilors back in London.
The first "Dear Abby" column appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Jan. 9, 1956, the same year it was first syndicated.
The 350, 000-odd ethnic Hungarians (or Magyars), a fifth of Vojvodina's people, are a cause dear to the heart of Hungary's ruling centre-right, which came to power in last year's general election partly because it promised to do more to stand up for Magyars outside Hungary.
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