Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That was six weeks ago. Last week, after the slow machinery of the law had ground away at his case, he was brought to court, haggard and unshaven, to hear the verdict of the grand jury. But this time the dreary old tale had a fresh and unexpected ending...
Last week Fontaine landed in New York for talks with network executives before returning to Worcester, where his program will begin over station WTAG later this month. His listeners will hear a Copenhagen housewife admitting that "Danish husbands haven't entirely forgotten the tradition of the Vikings-they're never ones to help with the dishes"; a Belgian restaurateur complaining that American students "all sit around with their feet on chairs"; and an 18-year-old Dutch boy saying, dispiritedly: "I don't believe in God, and that's true of more than one-third...
Last week the county school board met to hear partisans of each side. Cried one father: "The fundamental issue is whether the children should be denied the right to belong to organizations." Said another: to ban fraternities and sororities would be unconstitutional. "Sir," snapped an angry mother, "the Supreme Court disagrees with...
Secretary Dulles has decided to judge the final appeal on the Vincent case himself. He thus has the opportunity to prove he merits the confidence of his Department. If the facts show Vincent acted consciously against U.S. interests, the public should hear them fully. If Dulles finds insufficient grounds for the dismissal, he should reinstate Vincent with an expression of full confidence. In either case, Dulles, who has enough prestige with Congress to defend his department as Acheson could not, must not let political pressure replace diplomatic competence in the Foreign Service. By showing up the Department's confidence...
...occasion was the unveiling of a portrait of the golfing immortal in the Golf House Museum in New York on Saturday. Leading golfing figures crammed in to the building's library to hear a letter of praise from like...