Word: chords
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...economy-steadying measure through Congress, it may have to be at the price of some of his cherished Great Society programs. That is a hard decision for Johnson to make, but this time he will have to face up to it without delay. Harry Truman struck a chord of urgency in the nation when he asked for quick action to loosen money...
...Psychological damage, if any, is mostly in the ear of the hearer. Not a man exists who has not suffered what the experts call "auditory insult"-annoyance or irritation-but all too often, for purposes of definition, one man's sour note is another man's lost chord...
...nightmarish repetition of the immolations of 1963, when eight Buddhists burned themselves to death protesting President Ngo Dinh Diem's anti-Buddhist repressions. At that time the monks were playing on a religious chord that brought a dramatic response in the largely Buddhist nation. This time the immolations were naked political power plays, inspired if not condoned by militant Monk Thich Tri Quang in Hue. While the flames were still flickering over the nun's charred body, Tri Quang summoned the press to make clear his grievance: Premier Ky's successful suppression of the Buddhist-inspired rebellion...
...Tommy," Donnie gushed to the throb of the last chord: "It slays me! It's great! It really breaks me up! It's fresh! It knocks me out! It's got everything! It's completely fresh, especially with that yodel...
...radio listeners as Hen ry Barbour, patriarch on One Man's Family, over which he presided for 26 years (until the program went off the air in 1959) with a mellifluous voice and an air of kindly concern about the trials of his growing family, striking a responsive chord with millions of fans who faced the Depression, the War and even the Kinsey Report comforted by hearing Father Barbour's paternal insights; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles...