Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diagnosed: "For 30 years Lodge was called 'the scholar in politics,' and doubtless got a good deal of quiet pleasure when he read that phrase in the newspapers or heard the toastmaster roll it out at banquets. Then came Wilson out of Princeton University to the Presidency, and people began to call him 'the scholar in politics.' Thus was a rivalry staged...
...Talking drums" are the most ancient form of wireless communication; the messages which they boom out can be heard for many miles...
...last stand of the Cabinet was made in the Senate, which invited the Premier to call for a vote of confidence as he had done the day before in the Chamber. The Premier accepted the challenge, took his seat in the Upper House and heard an able and bitter attack against his Government delivered by ex-Finance Minister François-Marsal, who categorically accused the Premier of deceiving the country by pointing out that the legal note circulation had been exceeded as early as February...
...theories advanced, but this is refuted by a vigorous denial by Mr. Chase. "We had absolutely nothing to do with the suppression of the Lampoon," said Mr. Chase, "We knew nothing about it; obsolutely nothing. We never had any question about it. We made no complaint and heard none. It is not our business. We concern ourselves in the houses of ill fame, opium dens, gambling houses, and so forth, but we had absolutely nothing to do with the suppression of the Lampoon...
Philosophical bodies in England, France, Germany, and Italy have already pledged their support and promised to attend. The languages of these countries will be considered as the official tongues for the Congress but it is expected that many more will be heard. Every effort will be made to urge the attendance of representatives from every country in the world which could possibly send a delegation...