Word: eared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The leaders are responsible to the party and to the people. In our country, it is the collective that works. And herein lies our strength. If one makes a mistake, others set him right. We know our shortcomings and lend ear to critical remarks about us. All this gives us a stimulus to move forward...
...wonder, then, that Zubin says he was "brainwashed with classical music from the cradle." He had his own record player when he was two years old, later crouched wide-eyed in the corner during his father's lessons and chamber-music rehearsals. With his retentive memory and faultless ear, he was soon whistling Paganini caprices in the original key while riding his bike or playing cricket...
...WHDH-TV's "The Big Question" revealed overwhelming popular support for McNamera). The closeness and familiarity with Boston that make him popular among his men and most Bostonians are the facts which his critics invoke when arguing for his removal. Some Bostonians--the ones who have White's ear--feel that a man a little bit more detached from the Boston Irish would make a better police commissioner...
...Cong have made terror part of their overall war tactic, decapitating village chiefs, assassinating pacification workers, looting and leveling hamlets and murdering American war prisoners. On the American side, G.I.s generally resist the temptation to retaliate, but a minority now and then will cut off a few fingers or ears from the enemy dead as trophies. Such was the case with Specialist Fourth Class George Pawlaczyk, 22, a reporter and photographer for the 1st Infantry Division newspaper, and Specialist Fifth Class Franklin Passantino, 21, a muscular combat medic who has won both a Bronze and Silver Star and been recommended...
...office can buy from Xerox for a basic $1,200 fee plus a small charge ($1.80 to $3.50) for each enrollee. Xerox sells its customers on the fact that managers spend 45% of their time listening to others; yet let most of what they hear go in one ear and out the other. The half-day drill brings marked improvement: "retention" rates in one group of salesmen (notoriously poor listeners) rose from 20% to 84% after the course. Jarman was so enthusiastic about the program that he ordered the sessions for 800 other Genesco staffers. "The listening course sharpens...