Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Robert de Caix, Secretary-General of the French High Commission in Syria, and Count Gaston Clauzel, Director of the French Service of the League of Nations, did their best to explain why the French bombarded Damascus (TIME, Nov. 9). The session was naturally behind closed doors, but attentive listeners heard enough to evolve the catch phrase: "For the first time in history a Great Colonial Power is being cross-examined with regard to its treatment of a Weaker Nation." Cynics smiled...
Former Premier Herriot, President of the Chamber, had read out the lottery clause while the Deputies were quarreling among themselves so loudly that no one heard him. He had asked if there were any objections. Still no one heard him. He had declared the clause adopted in default of objections. Still no one heard him. He then forgot all about it. Two days later, someone observed that the clause had been duly recorded as "passed...
...counting houses of Toyko could be heard a shrill, joyous cackling. Aged financiers assured one another over chopsticks* and rice that the Golden Sun of Japan will soon rise upon a yen restored to the gold standard. Meanwhile Japanese government officials called attention to the fact that the embargo against exporting silver from Japan was recently lifted without untoward results...
...Skala, young graduate of the University of Prague, to observe his demonstration of a device for separating two radio messages sent simultaneously by different transmitters set at the same frequency. A wave-metre showed that the transmitters were on identical wave lengths. The "beat" note or interference whistle was heard in the receiver before the test. Then Skala attached one of his devices to each transmitter and one to the receiver. With a switch at the receiving end he was able to "cut out" either transmitter at will, bringing the other one in clearly without interference. He would not divulge...
...Lupino was at times so frightfully silly that we were very much afraid that we would be thrown out of the theatre for letting out that extra loud laugh of ours. Ever since childhood, we have heard British humor widely ridiculed in America, and ever since childhood we have gone into weak giggles over it. Either we violently disagree with our compatriots, or Americans have been kidding themselves all along as to the true nature of an Englishman's humor...