Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...clock on Oct. 17, during a heavy cannonading from the American guns, Washington's men saw a British drummer mount the enemy's parapet. His beating could not be heard for the cannon; but, when a British officer climbed up beside him waving a white kerchief, it became evident the drummer was sounding a parley. All around the lines firing ceased; the British officer was blindfolded and led behind the American lines where General Washington received Lord Cornwallis' request that hostilities be suspended and a joint commission be named to draw up terms of surrender...
Coalition. Much talk has been heard during the past seven days concerning a possible Conservative-Liberal coalition against Labor. For some time past, Winston Churchill has advocated a similar policy (TIME:, Oct. 6). with this difference, however: Churchill wants a complete fusion of the two old parties, whereas the Liberals seem only to wish for a modus vivendi coalition...
Sunday afternoon in Symphony Hall a concert by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by William van Hoogstraten, brilliant conductor heard here to advantage last autumn in Tschaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony. The programme embraces Beethovea's Symphony No. 3 the "Erolea,"--Strausa's Salome's Dance and "Til Eulenspiegel," and Tschaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto with Yolanda Mero playing the solo part...
...have to flourish we will find many of our progressive moves being held in check. For instance their positive belief that everyone goes either to Heaven or Hell makes them argue in favor of capital punishment. At the time the time the Leopold-Loeb case was going on, I heard Doctor Straton from his own pulpit give as a reason for the horrible crime that the Devil had possessed the two boys...
Gore stared off well in the second half by scoring a second touchdown in the first five minutes of play. Heard, the quarterback, carried the ball over the line and afterwards kicked the goal, making the score 14 to 0. Soon after this Heard intercepted a pass and ran for his second touchdown, again kicking the goal. After this Standish held Gore in the middle of the field, largely by the work of Captain Lee, the left guard, just before the close of the game, however, Sack scored again on a pass from Heard. This ended the scoring...