Word: earlied
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...understand why it took President Reagan more than 40 years to get a hearing aid [Sept. 19]. For 20 years I have worn one, always making sure that my hair covered my left ear. The problem is not vanity but the fear of not being accepted by others. I hope that the President's example will encourage others to do the same...
When Caspar Weinberger met with Deng Xiaoping last week at Peking's Great Hall, the Chinese leader ex plained that he hears best with his left ear. Would the U.S. Defense Secretary be kind enough to sit on that side? asked Deng. Weinberger obliged, adding felicitously that he hears best with his right ear. "Aha," said Deng with a smile, "we have a good basis for cooperation...
...incessant roar of the planes-that typical and terrible 20th Century sound, a voice of cold mechanized anger-filled every ear in the city. It reverberated in the bizarre stone ears of the hollow, broken houses; it throbbed in the weary ears of Berlin's people who were bitter, afraid, but far from broken; it echoed in the intently listening ear of history. The sound meant one thing: the West was standing its ground and fighting back...
...hell off here!" Frankensteen started to obey, was struck from behind, turned around to fight. Four or five men closed in on him. He was knocked down and his coat pulled over his head. He got to his feet and grabbed one of his attackers by the ear. Others slugged him fore & aft. Cameramen snapped these early stages of the battle, then fled before their plates were seized. Said Frankensteen: "It was the worst licking I've ever taken...
Strong also has switches in his back and ear where he said Johnson grabbed him as the car turned a corner too quickly and began to roll...