Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the question of the tariff comes up again, the strange melodious call of the bobwhite is sure to be heard in the Senate, followed by a mocking echo of Democratic laughter...
After taking testimony for 13 days at Lakehurst, N. J., the Naval Board of Inquiry investigating the causes of the wrecking of the Shenandoah, moved on to Washington for further hearings. At Lakehurst 36 witnesses had been heard, including 28 survivors of the wreck (the 29th being still in hospital too ill to testify). At Washington, examination of technical experts and others was taken. There were two incidents at the opening of the Washington hearings...
...preparing a certain gastronomic delicacy which her local patriotism impelled her to name "fromage Camembert" rather than "fromage à la Marie Harel." Now her self-effacement is to be rewarded by the erection of a suitable memorial tablet at the expense of the village fathers of Camembert. Gourmets heard of this fitting tribute to an obscure genius with approval, recalled that it was only a couple of years ago that a monument was erected in Strasbourg by public subscription to M. Close, inventor of the technique by which pâté de foie gras, often called the chef...
Captain Armstrong on being questioned as to his feeling on the subject, said that he had heard nothing of the proposed meeting with Mr. Osborne, and refused absolutely to enter into any debate. Although disagreeing with various minor statements made by the famous reformer, his beliefs coincided fundamentally. The Phillips Brooks House is still trying to arrange a debate of some sort, but to date no opponent has been found...
Although the World Series and the French War Debt have sent evolution, Dr. Scopes, and the now-famous "Monkeyville" from the limelight in the popular imagination into the shades of oblivion, an echo of last summer's controversy will be heard here Thursday night when Dr. John Roach Straton will speak at the Phillips Brooks House on "The Battle Over the Bible." The Scopes case and the publicity which it received in the American press are expected to play a large part in Dr. Straton's presentation...