Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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California's Imperial Valley. At first his wife would not hear of it. "You're no peon, to work in the lettuce fields," she argued. But Serrano, a short, husky Tarascan Indian, overruled her. "Imagine!" he said. "They pay 80 American cents an hour, 130 pesos a day. We can get another cow or two. In time, a bull. Dresses for you and our daughters." His vision of himself as a bountiful provider grew, and he even talked of buying a farm...
...crowd of over 150 anxious citizens met last night to hear City Councillor Edward J. Sullivan promise immediate action in relieving cluttered streets in the College area of illegally parked students' cars...
...critics describe a play as realistic and lifelike, playwright, director, and cast usually smile at their success. They have created the illusion of reality, of life, on the stage and thus have reached theatre's traditional goal. Yet, in 1920 there began a German theatrical group which longed to hear that they had killed the realism, chattered the illusion, and had created false if not impossible situations. These were the impressionists of the Epic Staging School, led by director Erwin Piscator and writer Bert Brecht...
Arguing constitutional questions for the defense was Paul A. Freund, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law, who was specially sworn in as an attorney for yesterday's hearings, Possibly a quarter of the small audience in Federal Court came from the Law School to hear...
...selection of skilled permanent instructors for elementary languages would make other innovations more valuable. Language laboratories, for example, are in use at many state universities. While they are be no means universally effective, they might operate on a voluntary basis for students who learn language more easily when they hear themselves pronounce...