Word: hear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reporters, bearing notebooks and tape recorders. We want to hear what you have to say, Ben, want to hear why you took steroids when you knew the risk. Did you think, arrogant man, you wouldn't get caught...
...NIGGER" is a word we don't hear very often. Occassionally it is whispered as part of an insensitive joke. We read it in the pages of Twain's Huckleberry Finn as a solemn reminder of a past we are too embarrassed to remember. It is a harsh and frightening word that we would much rather forget. Moreover, in the year that Rev. Jesse Jackson became a legitimate political figure in the eyes of most Americans, hearing the word reminds us of how easy it is for us to ignore the racial discrimination that continues to persist in this nation...
...Ruth Westheimer yesterday said she was glad to hear that condoms are available in the laundry rooms of each house at Harvard...
...Council fought hard against the insensitive power structure of Harvard, which is so very resistant to change, and brought to us, their constituents, a new beverage. In the absence of the council's ability to either organize rock concerts on campus or convince Harvard that students might want to hear something besides a cappela singing or Bach concerts, and their complete refusal to take stands on such controversial issues as the role of final clubs or university divestment from companies doing business in South Africa, we accepted the chocolate milk. Although it was far from enough, it tasted good...
...father and I hear the game on the radio. Since the game is not televised, the regular television announcer (I still can't remember his name) is yelling over the radio...