Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reason, and an important one, is the emphasis on quality. In this connection, the following observation is of some interest. In the thirties is used to be said that Harvard had to scrape the bottom of the barrel in order to admit a normal size class. Now we hear that we have several times as many good applicants as we can admit...
...secret in silence, while official investigators from three nations pondered the problem. Perhaps, in time, they might find an answer better than that of the U.S. Navy captain who investigated the fate of Mary Celeste in 1873. "I hope and expect," he wrote in his official report, "to hear from her crew. But if we should never hear of them again, I shall remember with interest this sad and silent mystery...
...greatest peacetime air armadas. "Under my power as Commander in Chief of the Alabama Air National Guard, I am ordering every jet, every C-47 and everything that can roll on wheels, much less, fly, to fly over Jacksonville Dec. 31 in a special weather mission," thundered he. "I hear that the Florida runways are in bad shape and need to be inspected, so these here Alabama planes will give...
...hear him tell it, the old footballer is too tired to stick at his job for another year. It is hard to believe. This week, while his Chicago Bears squeaked past the Detroit Lions 21-20, Owner-Coach George Stanley Halas, 60, raged along the sidelines with the energy of a rookie. He might just as well have put himself back in the lineup. When Fullback Chick Jagade lowered his head and bucked upfield on the first play from scrimmage, Halas dug in and drove with him. Then Jagade fumbled. Halas stopped in horror. His foot came back...
Actually, the U.S. now holds that its 1946 agreement was valid for that year only. Even though many Western European countries disagree, their real objection has been the uncompromising and adamant nature of the U.S. stand. As one delegate complained, "There was so much arm-twisting you could hear screams from behind every potted palm...