Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knowledge of languages (Lithuanian, Russian. Polish and Back Bay American) is often brought into play. Says Wylie: "The most memorable time was when we met the first D.P. ship to dock in Boston. I stood by helplessly while Ann interviewed the new Americans, who were overjoyed to hear an American speaking their language." According to one correspondent. Ann passes the supreme test: "She can get an overdue or inaccurate expense account cleared up with less pain than any secretary in the country." Another veteran secretary is Mary McDowall Stoll, who has been with TIME'S Detroit bureau through...
Like Cohn, Juliana said that he had not caught the importance of the word "alone" in the questioning of Stevens. Said Army Counsel Welch: "It was unfortunate that the two men who held the key to this small fraud . . . failed to hear that word 'alone...
After a short break, the thousand or so paying guests filed back in to hear George Shearing. What they heard, however, could hardly be compared with the old Shearing. It was a circus, with Shearing the ring-master. Whenever he played his old numbers--which was rarely--they had a heavy, dance-band beat. Most of his pieces were novelty selections, featuring everything from African drums to a high-pitched, over-amplified electric harmonica...
...denial of approval. Moreover, handicapped with tight budgets, immigration offices often take a long time to grant their essential permission, as illustrated by the case of a Chinese girl who was a trainee at a large local university. She applied for permission to work, but when she didn't hear from authorities after three months, she took private advice--wrong--that Chinese students did not need such permission, and took the job anyway...
...work sites, Mrs. Morrison talks to the wives of MK's men, asks after their babies, gives them news of the latest fashions and whatever else she thinks they want to hear about life back home. Each night, she works at her diary, which is later printed in the EM-Kayan, the company magazine; it sounds like a letter to a family of 5,000 children spread around the world. A typical entry: "Wellington, New Zealand. Sept. 13: arose 5:30, breakfast 6 a.m. Departed for the airport 6:30 a.m.. where we took a chartered four-motored...