Word: ear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...During the 1930s he watched "the pitiable stampede of the 'LeftWing Intellectuals' in our own country" and tried to head it off through ridicule. He mocked the socialist sympathies expressed in Enemies of Promise by Cyril Connolly: "He seems to have two peevish spirits whispering into either ear: one complaining that the bedroom in which he awakes is an ugly contrast to the splendid dining-room where he was entertained the previous evening; the other saying that the names have been made up for the firing squads; he must shoot first if he does not want...
ABOUT FOUR IN THE MORNING after Reagan's landslide I awoke drenched in a cold sweat. Two voices, sounding remarkably like those of Reagan and Mondale, whispered into my ear. I still don't know if I was having some bizarre dream or in fact privy to an authentic phone conversation...
...STORIES are pieces which fit together to form one composite and complex picture. Martone commands a style well-suited to this type of writing often manages to cross the border which separates prose and poetry, thanks to his fine eye and ear for detail and his effective use of evocative imagery. Long roads, Shiny cars, pearls and falling bombs appear and reappear-sometimes as characters in their own right. Suggestive images are the chief vehicles of expression; dialogue is absent, and even the speaking, external voice is rate. In this silent landscape, only isolated single phrases are whispered or shouted...
...addition, Harvard's McLean psychiatric hospital, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute received second, third and fourth place ratings respectively in their fields...
...fact, even in the last few weeks, Percy has been busy redefining himself. When Chicago Mayor Harold Washington endorsed Simon, Percy argued that the Black mayor had adopted a "rascist appeal." The senator threatened to turn a deaf ear to future pleas from the Mayor and Chicago for federal assistance. A few days later, Percy revealed that he actually "loves" Mayor Washington, "loves" Chicago, and that he will do everything he can to help the city...