Word: earshot
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...acutely aware of the singers' sensibilities as Callas and Di Stefano once had been of their own, they criticized ever so gently. When the singers needed correction, Callas refrained from public remonstrations and instead took them aside, instructing them out of earshot. "We are not here to bully anyone," she observed. "We are here to help...
Unfortunately, there is nothing very extraordinary about an ARVN officer talking about air strikes within earshot of the men who are supposed to be overseeing the peace in Viet Nam. They are fully aware that the war continues...
Whether there is racial discrimination in Bermuda is debated often in Hamilton, but usually out of earshot of tourists. At the Hoppin' John Restaurant and Bar, where tourists often debate nothing more substantial than whether to order the Portuguese bean soup or the Bermuda fish chowder (both $1.25), locals at the bar try to convince themselves and others that Bermuda is completely tranquil. One white businessman, somewhat loose with liquor, tells a black employee that "for the last ten years the white man has bent over backwards to make Bermuda, black and white, work...
...been halted, and existing schools are seriously overcrowded. Cass Technical High School, for example, was built in 1917 for 2,500 students; today it has 4,800. Space is so scarce that counselors meet parents in the high-ceilinged main office to discuss students' private problems within earshot of anyone who happens by. For lack of a study hall, students spend free periods lounging in the graffiti-smeared corridors, often whiling their time away pitching pennies. Yet Cass is one of Detroit's elite schools, housing the city's top students in music, science and the arts...
...holding hands comfortably while lying side by side is used to subtly underscore Lila and Lenny's uneasy relationship. To emphasize Lenny's guilt and embarrassment during the break-up scene, the camera matches Lila's cries or his frantic whispers with closeups of disapproving restaurant customers within earshot. Lenny's frigid welcome in Protestant Minnesota is highlighted by a monotonous radio voice droning the sub-zero weather report, which seems to follow him everywhere...