Word: ear
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reserve vessels were taken on chiefly as an eye-and-ear auxiliary for regular Coast Guard ships. Only lightly armed, they sometimes went against orders and engaged in singlehanded scuffles with the enemy, emerging more sorry than successful. They proved worthier for port security, training, rescue missions in offshore disasters...
...Arabs Give Ear-Somewhat...
...honor of her role in Lifeboat (see p. 94) was a young woman from New York City's crusading newspaper PM, "My God, if I'd known," seethed Tallulah. "Of all the filthy, rotten, Communist rags . . . that is the most vicious ['clenched fists up to ear level,' dutifully noted the PM reporter], dangerous . . . hating paper . . . cruel . . . unfair ... I loathe it ... Darling, I hope I haven't hurt you." To PM's editor, a few days later, Tallulah wrote a note: ". . . Convey my thanks to the young lady ... for the accuracy and integrity...
...must be confessed that the performance of "Pinafore" was disappointing from a group that did such a magnificent job on "The Mikado" earlier in the week. For the first voice to really strike the ear in "The Mikado" was the clear baritone of Peacock as Pish-Tush (there isn't a bass in the entire company) and the next thing to hit was the ability of Ames. Then Peacock's voice cracked in "Trial by Jury" and broke in "Pinafore," while Ames couldn't talk by the end of the operetta. They have somewhat recovered, however...
Oxie and Lane have been sent out on tour, to New York and Washington. A sample of Oxie's style and philosophy: "Congress is bending an ear to the farmers, to the unions, to the veterans, to the big shots, to this bloc and that group. I wish some time somebody would rise up in the House and holler ... a kind word for the miscellaneous lugs like Oxie O'Rourke. . . . But I'm afraid the other lobbyists would gang up on us, claiming we was un-American...