Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spirit of General Assembly membership, therefore, should be that of listening to all proposals, no matter how unjust they may seem. If the French delegation desired to influence world opinion as to the injustice of discussing the Algerian question, they accomplished little. Having voted to hear the Afro-Asian complaint, the UN members will do so in spite of France's absence...
...hand to introduce Governor Leader was Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler. When Butler's talk seemed to be running a bit long, some of the guests grew impatient to hear Leader. "Where's that boy from Philadelphia?" cried a man at a corner table. Replied Butler: "He's from Harrisburg, and he'll be with you in a minute." Then, with a grin toward the corner table, he added: "That California wine is wonderful...
This week's game against Maryland will be U.C.L.A.'s toughest of the season. To hear Harvey Knox tell it, Ronnie will win it singlehanded. "Maryland? Why, if Ronnie don't throw for five or six touchdowns, I'll disown him. I'll cream him." Red Sanders suffered from a little more professional pessimism: "If we get hurt in one or two places, we could go down pretty fast...
There are, indeed, a few positions where Sanders is woefully weak in substitutes. It helped, though, to hear that highly-touted Maryland barely got started against the University of Missouri (an easy 74-13 victim last year) and won by the thin margin of one point-after-touchdown...
...going to play this, boy, I want you guys in on the beats you're playing as hard as you can play . . . umpeta-pah, umpeta-pah . . ." The bass man thumps out a sample, and Dave approves: "Yeah! Unh! Zam! I don't wanna hear 'Omm, chack-boom.' I want 'Unh! Unh! Unh! Unh!'" He gets the sounds he wants, and the trolley goes clanking...