Word: hear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From these post-mortem examinations it was plain that Bob Taft failed to win the people who came to see and hear...
...could remember one word of Estes Kefauver's formal speeches. He had drawn such small crowds (except for a rousing reception at a Dartmouth basketball game) that, five days before the election, he was in deep despondency. In Keene (pop. 15,638), only 30 people came out to hear him, and he was introduced by the mayor, who was running as a Truman delegate. In Claremont (pop. 12,800), Kefauver took one look at the 60 people scattered in the big auditorium, then invited them all to come down front for a chat. In an evening address in industrial...
Evangelist Billy Graham, 35, arrived in London to conduct his own special blitz against sin. An audience of over 7,000 filled Albert Hall to hear his sermon. The Graham theme: "I am absolutely convinced that we are living in an hour just before the judgment of God strikes." His score for the first evening: seven converts...
...musty old basilica of St.-Denis, burial place of French kings, had seldom seen such polite excitement. As part of Paris' celebration of its 2,000th birthday last year, diplomats, dignitaries and celebrities turned out to hear a performance of old French music which was also being broadcast across Europe and to the U.S. Highlight: a recently discovered coronation mass billed as the work of 17th century Composer Etienne Moulini...
...critic lamented for all: "Our emotions, our patriotic feelings, our attachment to those who made France great, have been abused." Musicologist Raugel and friends consoled themselves with plans for a possible concert of genuine music by Moulinié. Did they expect to hear a masterpiece? "My God, no," said one critic, "[Moulinié's] music has no pretensions." But, he promised, "it is ... loyal and sincere...