Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bell. On a recent afternoon. President Coolidge pressed this bell repeatedly, scampered quickly away. To the north portico rushed a detail of Secret Service men, to whom the bell's ringing was a summons to come at once. From a distance, the President watched their confusion, heard them ask the Secret Service man on patrol duty why he had rung the bell, heard the patrolman's denial of any bell-ringing. After the guards had dispersed, the President stole back, again pressed the button, again trotted away, chuckled as the previous scene repeated itself. Pleased, the President several...
Work Done. Reconvening from the Christmas holidays, the Senate last week: ¶Heard Senator Hale speak on the Cruiser Bill (see below). ¶Debated ratification of the Kellogg peace treaty...
...fire consisted of a pile of logs, several cans of gasoline, and a Negro. Brightly burned the gasoline, with orange flame, black smoke. Soon the Negro's flesh became hot, reached what is technically termed the "point of combustion." Then the Negro also burned. Watching citizens heard groans, screams, pleadings. "Get me done with," cried the flaming Negro, "get me done with quick." The fire was out in 15 minutes...
...double-barreled question, "Is it true that you will resign as Agent General and enter the House of Morgan?" unembarrassed Mr. Gilbert replied easily, "I hadn't heard about that...
There was for instance that phrase about being unable any longer to view this earth as "a training camp preparatory for life in the new Jerusalem." For six years he had been trying it out on the girls in his sociology classes at Smith College. When they had heard it once or twice, they never forgot...