Word: earshot
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...Alpizar's wife explained that she persuaded her husband to take the flight. "'He didn't want to get on the plane,'" Beshears says she told everyone in earshot. "'It's all my fault. He's sick. He's bipolar. He didn't' take his medicine...
...paper bag that she placed over Beddoe's mouth. When Beddoe calmed down, the nurse told her she'd had a panic attack but not to worry - they were common in people with depression. Beddoe's plunge into madness had begun. When a neighbor revved his motorcycle within earshot of a sleeping Jemima, Beddoe flew into a rage, chasing him and screaming profanities. That night, preparing dinner, she used a knife to make shallow cuts in her left forearm, just to see how it felt. Over time her psychiatrist added tranquilizers, an extra antidepressant, lithium and eventually an antipsychotic...
...what he calls "21st century socialism." Chavez has come to the summit vowing to "bury" the FTAA, and he's even attending a counter summit of protestors opposing free trade. Indeed, thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Mar del Plata for the summit, far out of earshot, let alone sight, of the Sheraton Hotel where Mr. Bush is staying and holding many of his meetings. When I asked Bush at a quick press availability about how Americans should think of Chavez and what he would say to him at the meeting, Bush responded: "I will, of course...
...what a mouth. On any given day, anyone within earshot is likely to get treated to an Ozzie-style peroration on such subjects as Hugo Chávez, the Pope, Elián González, why Ozzie shouldn't have to stand in line to get his U.S. citizenship papers, and how he would be just as content to be somewhere else, fishing. Ozzie told a local newspaper during a late-season slump, "We stink!" A few days later, he added, "Good thing my players don't listen to what I was saying to the media." But his players compete hard...
...Bible. Clad in a white evening gown, the guest turned around ominously whenever anyone asked a question. The room breathed a collective sigh when she gathered her things and left. “Who was she?” Morris asked after making sure she was out of earshot. Jesus...