Word: eared
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...listened to on the floor of Congress," Walter Lippmann once said, "until he has been heard around the world." During his 30 years in the Senate -15 as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee-William Fulbright has usually caught the ear of the world and finally his colleagues with his prescience, persistence and grasp of great issues. Often he has been nearly alone in his views and often, it turned out, he has been right...
...sentimentality are not enough. A good book of poetry should be both well-written and philosophical, expressing a cohesion of experience. Flying Inland, by Kathleen Spivack, is neither. Spivack's poetry lacks a unifying voice. Each poem remains a solitary, cricket-like rasp, grating in the reader's ear. Nothing justifies printing poor writing in any case, and nothing justifies placing these poems in a collection...
Raisins are more complicated: if you ate them in your dream, tough luck, because "you can expect a season of cash going out faster than it comes in." If you stuck them in your ear, for instance, or fed them to a janitor, you can count on "pleasant social times ahead." The entry under "Pickle" is more or less what the amateur would expect: "overall satisfaction with the general state of your life, love, and pursuit of happiness is forecast." "Petunia" shows a need for professional guidance. Growing outdoors, "these flowers signify pleasant friendly social affairs." A petunia indoors foretells...
Herbie's opening interview came with ace first base coach Barry Cronin, who wasn't quite sure what to do about this kid with his finger to his ear asking him questions. Herbie was undaunted by Cronin's nonchalance, and managed a few answers from the team newcomer, who was trying to talk to someone else at the same time...
...players had by then all left the field followed by Park and the fans had filed out of the gate. All that was left on the diamond was a ten-year-old kid standing by home plate, one hand to his ear, another holding an invisible mike, still talking away...