Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Zweiger] ever heard of Stephen B. Elkins, John E. Kenna, N. B. Scott, J. N. Camden or W. P. Hubbard? Does he know John Cornwall, John W. Davis or Governor Gore? To quote Mr. Zweiger. Does he not think that they "stack up against Fess and Willis...
...appropriation bill (see below). Once it seemed likely that a compromise would be reached. Senator Reed of Missouri offered to displace his investigating resolution to allow quick passage of the deficiency bill, the alien property bill and the public buildings bill. Thereupon, Mr. Blease wandered in, half-asleep. He heard the words "unanimous consent." He shouted: "I object." Nobody was going to pull any wool over his eyes...
...immediately announced that they would stick to the 50c fee, "unless the demand for tickets develops into a wild scramble." The smaller, scurrilous dealers, who have been conducting a surreptitious business since 1922, rubbed their palms and cheered the five black-robed justices, of whom they had probably never heard before last week. Broadway producers and managers sought to reach an agreement to combat any renewed scalping activity...
...Miller, 40, with his wife at his side, heard the jury's verdict without wincing, without emotion. "I am not through fighting yet," said he. He faces a maximum penalty of two years in prison plus a $10,000 fine. But his attorney, Aaron Sapiro, who is suing Henry Ford for $1,000,000, immediately announced that he would carry Mr. Miller's case to a higher court. "Colonel Miller does not take the attitude of being the 'goat,'" said Mr. Sapiro. "As you know, Colonel Miller did not take the stand or call any witnesses...
...Pole itself. Again, he sailed as Commander of the Karluk of the Canadian Arctic expedition, and, when that ship met the perils of floating Ice, it was Bartlett's prompt action that kept the party alive. Four men went off into the bitter Polar night and were never heard of again. Captain Bartlett marched across the floes to the coast of Siberia, crossed to Nome, and chartered a relief ship, in which he rescued the survivors...