Word: eared
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this citadel of Mormonism, Chairman Hamilton was pleased to have it whispered in his ear that the Mormon Church is almost solidly against the New Deal-Brigham Young having been an ardent opponent of charity...
...mouth of the amplifiers the intensity of sound will be about 140 decibels. A decibel is an arbitrary unit representing approximately the minimum intensity change which the human ear can detect. Every increase of one decibel multiplies the intensity by 1.25. One hundred and forty decibels is not 40% louder than 100 decibels, but 10,000 times louder. Loudest human shout ever recorded was 86 decibels. Other recorded loudnesses...
...alighted. The Emperor, whisked to the Carlton Park Hotel, went at once into a huddle with his U. S., French and Swiss advisers. In this crucial hour His Majesty had need of all the cunning which carried him originally to the Ethiopian Throne. Close to the astute ear of Haile Selassie in Geneva were his famed Yankee, Everett Colson, long "the Brain Trust of Addis Ababa." and his wily French lawyer, Professor Gaston Jeze. The jig might be almost up for Ethiopia, but the Great Powers were going to be stung by her Emperor in whatever vital spots he could...
...United Mine Workers who had helped elect him and John L. Lewis was frowning down from the gallery and cursing him for a traitor- a filibuster against the substitute Guffey Coal Control Bill. Spelled by colleagues eager to speak their pieces in the nation's ear for the last time this year, Senator Holt kept the filibuster going through the afternoon and evening, at one time piping passages from Aesop's Fables in his youthful tenor. It was 11:55 Prn. when the Senate finally gave in. But the House, though too tired for adjournment horseplay, could...
...complacency of old-school oratory he recited the now ironic promises of the Democratic platform of 1932. He spoke under noonday heat to delegates who had spent a night with glass in hand, laboring in committee, or even in the hospital, like John Hamilton, who had had an infected ear lanced. But applause overpowered him after such salvos as "Already the New Deal has cost us the progress and prosperity of a generation!" Better than a passing mark went to Chairman Snell from the Convention. The second cannonade was more effective than the first. The third cannonade was the best...