Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hear No Evil. Iron-jawed Max Bishop, in his first ambassadorial post, sees Thailand taking the disastrous course of China in the early '40s, and regards every criticism of the Thai government as Communist inspired. While the Russians and the Chinese woo Southeast Asia with honeyed words, Bishop's inflexible, chip-on-the-shoulder attitude grates on the easygoing, polite Thais. In his rush to ingratiate himself with Pibul (who smilingly referred to him recently as "my ambassador"), Bishop has ignored or antagonized regular foreign-office channels...
...body leveled, Charley Dumas swung his right foot over the bar and then jackknifed his left safely past. His belly scraped the bar−ever so barely. Dumas could hear the roar from the crowd before his body hit the sawdust of the pit. He had broken through the great barrier...
...asked on the examination without benefit of an espionage system, Mr. Harvey deserved at least a passing grade. Anything he could write on so small a space might just as well have been memorized. Most of the myths students cherish about cheating are about as reliable. Ever hear about the boy with the hearing aid tuned in to a portable tape recorder...
...President's treatymaking power) was at its raucous height. Civil Service Commissioner Philip Young facetiously suggested that perhaps a few A-bombs "could be used now to good effect." Says Donovan: "The President took him to task for this. He said sharply that he did not wish to hear any talk of a 'Pride's Purge.' "* Through patience and persuasion (along with, on at least one occasion, a threat to take his case to the U.S. public), President Eisenhower managed considerable improvements in his relationships with Congress. Despite John Bricker and Joe McCarthy (of whom...
...mystery," leaving them to supply their own explanation to his elaborate, whispered incantations. His message to grownups was to search everywhere for beauty. When death struck, Britain's Poet Laureate John Masefield wrote: "Walter has gone, the land's most charming son," but many could still hear the rum-te-dum rhythms...