Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pages. Now, at 61, Democratic Senatorial Candidate George E. Brennan told the Illinois electorate about it, "a story I've never forgotten. "A mother, leaving her children alone for a few minutes, warned them not to stuff beans into their ears or noses. They'd never heard of the trick before. The minute the mother was out of sight they ran for the bean jar. "Human nature doesn't change. Our boys and girls are being ruined with the poison they sell for liquor nowadays. I know of things too terrible to tell-hip liquor at dances...
...Commons- ¶ I Upheld the Baldwin Conservative Government 338 to 152 in its watchful waiting policy of dealing with the coal strike (TIME, May 10 et seq.) which has reputedly cost the Empire to date a sum equivalent to $1,000,000,000. ¶ Heard Liberal leader Lloyd George flay Premier Baldwin for not yielding to the proposal of a group of Church of England dignitaries (TIME, July 26) that the Government subsidize the coal industry for four months, during which time work would be resumed and peace negotiations continued. ¶ Dozed as Premier Baldwin, seemingly fatigued, "run down," replied...
...many hundreds who waited in arduous patience to hear a "sweet, penetrating voice" issue from the soft, brown lips of their Jiddu Krishnamurti. In such tones will their "World Teacher" speak when his spirit flitters into Jiddu's tennis-playing, tea-drinking body. They saw nothing, heard nothing; they closed their congress. Soon Jiddu, under ward of Mrs. Besant, will come to Manhattan. Lutherans Outraged by bland demands for Cathedral of St. John the Divine and National Cathedral construction funds cried last week (in The Lutheran, Church periodical): "The Episcopal Church is one of the smaller† American denominations...
Vincent scarcely heard her. He was moodily eyeing a grey sky and puddles in the road. Vaguely he answered: "You'll have one before the day is over," and fell silent again...
...huge crowd* milled about in seeming indifference. Whiffs of smoke ascended from many pipes. Occasional sporadic laughter was heard as jokes were loosed. Felix Dzerzhinsky, respected, feared, was never popular...