Word: hear
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Houston, landed at Portland, Ore. On his way back to Washington two days were spent crossing the northern part of 1934's Great Drought. Those days were memorable. His progress was like a triumphal procession. Uninvited thousands drove miles across the blistered plains to hear him speak. And, like a miracle, within a few hours of his passing through those dull, dun, desiccated lands, showers followed, then drenching rains (TIME...
...Italy has slashed her railway and hotel rates so deeply for tourists that they are partial gifts. Last week, with King Edward and the British Prime Minister both canceling their scheduled vacation trips to France (see p. 21), the Chamber of Deputies in Paris was in a mood to hear what is the matter with France as a tourists' paradise. Primed to tell them with authority was Deputy Gaston-Gérard who spent several frustrated years as Undersecretary of State for Tourism...
...marathon runner who won the Olympic race in 1896, wobbled out of the ranks to present Herr Hitler with an olive branch. The 50 flag-bearers formed a semicircle in front of the reviewing stand. German Weightlifter Rudolf Ismayr mounted a tiny rostrum, recited through amplifiers so everyone could hear: "We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games in loyal competition, respecting the regulations which govern them and desirous of participating in them in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the honor of our country and the glory of sport." A German choir sang Handel...
...devoted wife and inconsolable widow, has scarcely been challenged by biographers. Readers might feel that Strachey had not told them all that was to be said about Victoria, but they were likely to be convinced, upon finishing his book, that he had told them about all they wanted to hear. In the shadow of that disadvantage Edith Sitwell last week offered a balanced, well-rounded-study of the Queen that included little new information about her, much expert writing on the sedate life of her times. A pleasant book in its own right, Victoria of England might be judged brilliant...
...Never losing the American spirit of good cheer While fighting for our glass of beer Never flinching in the battle Now we hear the dry bones rattle...