Word: hear
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...people we serve," both big and small investors, Schapiro said she'll form a feedback group within the SEC called the Investor Advisory Committee. The committee's purpose, she said, is to hear "firsthand about the issues most concerning to investors...
...windows, we watched the American cityscapes and countrysides fly by. I knew I had to go. Especially when I found out that I would finish finals the Saturday before he was to be sworn in. But despite my long-standing resolution to be there in person to hear this extraordinary orator, the new leader of our country, I failed to make any set travel arrangements—and it was just days before the inauguration would take place. I figured that between bus, train, and plane, I would be able to find some way of getting to the nation?...
...were here first!” “You’re going to have to move.” We apologized, said we were trapped, bowed our heads. Not five minutes after we got ensnared in the portable toilets pen, did we hear a woman’s voice pierce the general hubbub of the crowd, screaming, “Makay! Makay! Has anyone seen my baby? Answer your mama, Makay!” Next to me, pushing through the crowd, a red-lipsticked brown face emerged, streaming with tears, eyes panicked, sound coming from her in short...
...think it’s more of the Beanpot, it’s just so exciting,” she said. “You watch it growing up and you hear about it all year. This is what you play...
...government estimates that recyclers are currently reprocessing about 1,800 tons of materials daily, but the goal is to increase the amount to 5,000 tons by organizing them in associations. "There are more than 100,000 recyclers in Peru. We hear them in Lima with their horns, calling for used bottles, paper and metal. They are generating income and doing a job that in other countries costs a fortune," says Environment Minister Antonio Brack. Brack says each ton of recycled paper, apart from cleaning up the environment, saves about 20 trees, contributing to Peru's ambitious goal of setting...