Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...iron Reich under Alfred Krupp, the present Krupp's great-grandfather. During his trial, Alfred Krupp said: "As a member of the fifth generation which produced steel, the fourth generation which forged weapons, I should like to add one thing. Never in my parents' home . . . did I hear one word or experience one act which welcomed or promoted any war at any place or at any time. The symbol of our house does not depict a cannon, but three interlocked wheels, emblem of peaceful trade...
...right, friends," said T.U.C. Boss Arthur Deakin, bluff, levelheaded general secretary of Britain's biggest union (Transport and General Workers). "Now you're going to hear from the other side." A lean Liverpudlian, Tom Williamson, boss of the 800,000 General and Municipal Workers, pitched in with the counterattack: "All over Europe, people are scared-who by? Not by Britain or her Allies, but by the Soviet Union." Mineworkers' Leader Ernest Jones chipped in with rough-hewn Socialist logic: "If British miners were called upon to rearm in the interest of American capitalism and the Tory party...
Listeners are no longer surprised to hear important music on records before it is played in public. Concert seasons are usually short, and few conductors have the determination or the budgets to force novelties on their audiences. But in the record business - booming since the introduction of LP four years ago - a wide-ranging repertory has been inevitable...
...also, if he chooses, go to hear European artists who might never have crossed the Atlantic except for their record successes. London Records takes credit for popularizing Singers Kathleen Ferrier, Hilde Gueden, Irmgard Seefried, Paul Schoeffler; Pianists Clifford Curzon, Friedrich Gulda; Conductor Ernest Ansermet. Cloe Elmo, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Italo Tajo and Cesare Siepi were introduced to U.S. collectors by Cetra-Soria records before they were hired by the Metropolitan Opera...
...rest of the patients, and even those who are discharged from the hospital, the operation may be too "successful.'" Free from anxiety, they may become, instead, irresponsible, tactless, indolent. They will probably have trouble making up their minds, and may hear voices or echoes. Worse than that, some may regress into placid animals, helpless for the rest of their lives...