"Son of a Preacher Man" is an eclectic, if often sober album, spanning vintage big-band country comedy ("Drive Myself to Drink"), dramatic self-confrontation ("Another You") and shameless romance ("I Thought You'd Never Ask," which Mr. Rich wrote to propose to his future wife, Joan).
After leaving the service, he wrote to propose.
I write to propose that we put our energetic minds to work on behalf of a better cause.
But you also have the option of objecting in writing to the proposed settlement.
In his decision, Justice Pitts noted that before the petition was filed, Ms. Savas had consented in writing to the proposed removal and reinterment.
The following day, Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, chided her Republican colleagues for writing to the president to propose steep spending cuts and $800 billion in new revenue.
Sulzberger then wrote to him proposing that the Times acquire Dow Jones.
Once there, and at Mondrian's prompting, she wrote to Ben Nicholson, proposing tea.
He wrote to Jefferson proposing a "christening" for the mastodon skeleton in his Philadelphia museum.
The two writers met for the first time in February 2008, and shortly thereafter Coetzee wrote to Auster proposing an exchange of letters as a way to "strike sparks off each other".
