Word: hear
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...public articles and letters, I have seen no hint of charity or hope that the King may find the happiness which he deserves. Only from young people and working people does one hear the good wishes and concern which one of them put into these words, "I do hope that she will make him happy and that the divorces do not mean that she is changeable." That is something that we all should hope...
...whole. This year an effort will be made to increase the number of students representing the college. In addition, several meetings, in contrast to last year, will be thrown open to students and faculty members, without reference to their participation in the Conference. In this way many will hear distinguished men in various walks of life who are attending the Conference...
...words: ROSABELLE ANSWER TELL PRAY ANSWER LOOK TELL ANSWER ANSWER TELL. Mrs. Houdini signed a statement that this was in her husband's code, but later seemed un convinced that she had actually heard from the dead magician. Last month she announced she would try once more to hear from him, that if this effort failed she would never try again...
...present case is the greatest divorce story in the history of journalism. . . . Moreover, the English are thorough masters if not the inventors of the 'I hear' and 'they say' school of journalism, the questioning innuendo and the sly hint which get the story across without laying it on the line, and they could handle this one in that familiar technique. . . . One can only decide that in the present case the press of England has lifted its cap to a fast grounder and let it roll to the outfield to cool...
...said that linen showed dirt better than silk and "he had often thought" that if he had a harem he would dress his women in linen. The first published version of the Journal lets it go at that, with Boswell's comment that it was odd to hear Dr. Johnson discoursing in this fashion. But the manuscript shows that the situation was more painful. In the course of the talk about harems, Johnson said playfully that Boswell would make a good eunuch. But when Boswell replied in a similar spirit, Johnson got angry-"though he treats his friends with...