Word: earlied
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Nonetheless, the criticism is at least partly justified: there is in fact no economic adviser who can consistently get the President's ear to set a clear policy line. Instead, Carter gets his primary business and economic intelligence from a tight inner circle of four men. In rough order of present prominence, they...
...despite their lack of statutory power, Princeton students have still succeeded in influencing university policy; adequate information and a receptive administrative ear have enabled them to convince administrators of the correctness of their positions...
Having been one of his earliest supporters and one of the few major optimists in the 1948 campaign, Edwards held Harry Truman's ear in the White House. Never one to mince words, she asked him outright to name unprecedented numbers of women to positions in his administration. At her urging, in fact, Truman was on the verge of appointing an Ohio woman judge to the Supreme Court before Chief Justice Fred Vinson nixed the idea because he felt "the boys" wouldn't be able to relax with one another when discussing cases...
...Carre knows it very well, indeed. The Honourable Schoolboy showcases le Carre in top writing form, recreating the steamy, fetid cities of Indochina and the chummy, gin-soaked air of a British club with genuine flair. Moreover, his marvelous ear for dialogue has developed an unprecedented sharpness: unlike the characters in his previous books, the Americans in The Honourable Schoolboy not only speak differently from the British, but each character boasts a subtle regional accent, as well. No one sounds like Perry Mason, either--which alone sets the book apart from a shelf-full of other British espionage tales...
...eyes are wide open, perhaps in wonder, perhaps in horror. Now we see the fingers of a second person palpating the flesh of this face, neither gently nor roughly, folding back the upper lip to examine the teeth; turning the head to inspect the lobe of an ear. The camera draws back, and it is seen that the face is that of a middle-aged woman, naked. The fingers are those of a white-coated man who seems to be a doctor. This man now speaks, dictating notes to a secretary: "Lower lip fleshy . . . prognathous jaw typical of non-European...