Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week she toyed with the hot fudge sundae she had ordered for breakfast. The gas chamber execution was scheduled for 10 a.m. At 9:05 the governor's office called and postponed the execution because the State Supreme Court had been asked by Barbara's lawyer to hear a new argument. At 10:26 a.m. Governor Goodwin Knight himself called, said the court had rejected the request. A remote-reading stethoscope was being taped over Barbara Graham's heart when a third call came at 10:43, delaying the execution. A new petition had been filed. Cried...
...yelled to the wife, pushing her and the children under the bed. "We could hardly breathe with the vacuum and the dust," he said later. "It was like being in an echo box, with everybody yelling so loud you couldn't hear...
...politics on the national level, no longer thinks Stevenson would be the strongest candidate. This friend is convinced that Sen. Symington has more vote appeal than anyone else. Sen. Kefauver still has a following. But he is anathema to the bosses and probably could not be nominated. I hear Sen. Lyndon Johnson has Presidential ambitions. And there are others...
...then there were twelve. From early morning until well into the night they practiced. Western entrants occasionally dropped by the Russians' practice studios to hear their feared rivals. Said one Westerner: "They terrify me. They can do tremendous things with a violin...
...employees, whose length of service ranges from 25 to 47 years, will hear President Pusey speak, and will then receive certificates in recognition of their service. They will also receive Harvard chairs, and extra vacation time during the coming year...