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Word: ear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Morgoth whispered in the ear of Fëanor, to trouble him further. Together they came to Valinor and Morgoth pierced the two sacred trees with his spear and Ungoliant drank their light's blood from out of them and the two creatures escaped and a twilight settled upon the world. And the Valar called Fëanor to them and asked him to give up his Silmarils so that there might be light. But Fëanor would not. At that moment Morgoth attacked Fëanor's distant castle and took the jewels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Middle-Earth Genesis | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

...Night of the Tribades is a play that stretches the mind, bares the nerves, challenges the ear, braces the imagination. Is that too good for Broadway? Possibly. Possibly not. - T.E. Kalem

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Marriage Pit | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

...script--manage to keep up with Jero throughout. Deborah Adams portrays Amope, a classically shrewish woman who bitches her rather nerdy husband, Chume, to distraction and even manages to ruffle the seemingly unflappable Jero. Adams plays it just right: the piercing shrill of her voice could cause inner-ear disturbance and she cuts a very intimidating figure without descending to the level of parody. Even better is Marlon Riggs as Chume, who rants and raves hysterically with near-perfect comic timing...

Author: By Mark Chaffie, | Title: A Sharp-Tongued Savior | 10/21/1977 | See Source »

...Laugh-In. Their purpose, says brash Host Murry Sidlin, 37, is to create consciousness raising in music. Sidlin, who conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in the series, believes "young people are visually sophisticated but often musically illiterate. By using TV we can help the eye lead the ear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Making Music Leap to Life | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

...trial, and few of those who are subjected to such a process escape unscathed. A print reporter who finds a rumor to be unfounded usually does not refer to it in print; but a television reporter's unverified insinuation, heard on-camera, lingers in the audience's ear. The scene recalls the notorious "ratissage," or rat hunt, of the French army in Algeria, in which captured guerrillas had to run a gauntlet of soldiers wielding rifle butts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH: Getting Your Man | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

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