Word: heard
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...campaign buttons had blossomed on the nation's lapels. There had been no attempts to distribute scurrilous handbills, or launch whispering campaigns. The once brassy voice of the C.I.O. Political Action Committee had fallen off to a scarcely heard murmur. Democrats (who except for Harry Truman, were sure they would lose) and Republicans (who were sure they would win) displayed the utmost reluctance to contribute funds. The campaigns cost more than ever (price of a two-week transcontinental tour: $50,000), but the war chests of both parties had been all but empty for weeks...
...York department store: "Though we hope you'll never have to use it, if you should sense, danger, simply flick a little button and the Beau Alarm releases a shrill, penetrating siren shriek that positively cannot be stopped until it runs down and that can be heard for blocks around...
...amazed that the Bruckner Quintet is not heard more often; the Adagio is one of the most beautiful of its kind, and Tuesday's performance brought out its every shade. Granted that chamber music sounds differently played by a full orchestra, still it was a novel experience to hear Bruckner's Adagio done by one of the finest string sections anywhere...
Last week, for the first time since then, the U.S. saw & heard another French orchestra. This time, the musicians of the Orchestre National of France (France's equivalent of England's BBC orchestra) were greeted only by a French welcoming committee and a handful of curious bystanders. But these 96 men were just as determined as their predecessors to reveal the great soul of France. And they had France's best conductor to lead them, Charles Münch, who will become permanent conductor of the Boston Symphony next fall (TIME, April...
...business of choosing a President will be uninspired and abnormally calm this year. From both major candidates the voters have heard too much carping and too much rhapsodic optimism. Many will show their dissatisfaction by turning to a third or fourth party, believing that the next four years are expendable, and hoping for something better in 1952. They fail to recognize, however, with what deadly speed history lopes from war to peace, from boom to bust. Rejecting the path of protest, the CRIMSON believes it must choose one of the two candidates whose election is possible. The CRIMSON supports...