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Word: hear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some of my best friends are Stanleys and I have yet to see or hear one belch. The main burner may pop back or get to moanin' low if the fire is turned on too soon; she might sizzle, hiss or tick a little as the pressure rises; you might hear a soft "wuff-wuff" as a Steamer passes; there could even be a slight thumping if a pump bearing were worn. But belching! You might better have said "The Silent Stanley Steamer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 20, 1952 | 10/20/1952 | See Source »

...woods had never been so full of orators who seemed to be running for President too-or of voters willing to climb into the family automobile and drive out to hear them. Bob, Dick and Harry (it was a great campaign for first names) were out talking as loudly as the candidates. From coast to coast, crowds gathered at sidings, perched on freight cars, jammed courthouse steps and airports, to be bathed in political oratory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Two-Platoon Politics | 10/20/1952 | See Source »

...disappearance of Roy S. Durstine Jr. '56 appeared to be solved early this morning after his father informed the CRIMSON that he had contacted his son "indirectly" and would "hear from him sometime today...

Author: By George S. Abrams and Philip M. Cronin, S | Title: Missing Student Contacts New York Home Indirectly | 10/17/1952 | See Source »

...spilling some of his coffee onto the hot dogs. An alert, well informed electorate was one thing, but something was the matter with a college where you could hardly discuss last Saturday's football game without being considered a traitor to the American Way of Life. All you could hear in the dining hall was Eisenhower-Stevenson, Nixon-Sparkman, Bundy-Schlesinger until you were sick of it. Besides, half the blabber, months weren't old enough to vote anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/17/1952 | See Source »

...shady category. Admittedly the incident was unusual and humorous. Bur by bluffing the Governor of Massachusetts in such a manner, the mavericks deprived Dever of the respect and courtesy associated with his position. Besides this, the fake Democrats cheated dues-paying members of their single opportunity to see and hear, the man they will work for in the campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marauding Mavericks | 10/15/1952 | See Source »

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