Word: ear
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...President is a compelling presence in this book, as he was in Woodward's last. He fairly leaps off the page, brisk and unflappable. It is difficult to know how accurate this portrait is, and how much of it consists of sweet nothings whispered into the author's ear by loyal retainers. I suspect the Woody Allen and Joe Public stories are true. They are moments when the curtain of platitudes is parted and the quality of Bush's sensibility is revealed. I also suspect the larger picture-the world as seen from the West Wing bunker-is distressingly accurate...
...after the soul singer who had once used it. As the political consultants and managers frantically tried to figure out what Dean should say to accept his caucus defeat, O’Mary was already on the next step, pacing back and forth with his cell phone at his ear...
Rodriguez said the he landed one punch over the defendant’s left ear after he went to his cousin’s aid, and added that Pring-Wilson fell to the ground when he pulled him off Colono...
...trishaw drivers. Hiring one to check out the dark, deserted streets, I was struck by how well suited trishaws were to disseminating news. With me leaning forward in my seat and the driver bent slightly with the exertion of pedaling the rutted tarmac, he could whisper into my ear without anyone noticing, let alone hearing. He told me that eight charred bodies from Kyaukse had arrived at the city morgue. "The government killed them!" he said in a Gollum-like hiss. "The government killed them...
...Chancellor - The Final Shot. In the tale, the pharmacist hero shoots a German Chancellor he blames for his business bankruptcy. A spokeswoman for Betzel says Schröder is never mentioned in the novel; at issue was a small keyhole-type photo on the cover showing just an ear, an eye and some hair. Despite all the fuss, so far only 30 copies have been ordered by bookstores. - By Charles P. Wallace...