Word: heard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fragile bomb-bay doors, which flapped open, fell out of the B-47. Somehow Kulka managed to catch hold of something-he cannot remember what it was-and hung on for his life in the empty bomb bay in the whistling wind. Back in the flight cabin, Koehler heard a rumble, and Copilot Charles Woodruff idly noticed a shock wave radiating on the ground. "Just like a concussion wave from a bomb," Woodruff told himself. Then, with a shock, he realized what had happened. Captain Koehler closed the bomb-bay doors and reported to his flight leader: "This is Garfield...
...seeing everyone from the ruling junta to industrial and political leaders, the U.S. mission gave Venezuelans a chance to be heard as well as to be persuaded. Nonetheless, as the mission left the government felt obliged to say that it still opposes all restrictions. The talks will continue later in Washington...
...Irish Ron Delany was jogging along in fine style when he heard the announcer report that Pacesetter Phil Coleman had finished the first three-quarters of the Bankers' Mile at the Chicago Relays in a fast 3:05. "I was only a stride behind," said Ron, and I could feel the energy flowing. I decided this was it." So the 22-year-old Villanova senior ran all out for the one thing that has been missing from his swift career on the track: a world record. He broke the tape in 4:03.4, two-tenths of a second faster...
...heard upon his dry dung heap That man cry out who cannot sleep...
...they find. The paradox was pointed up last month at congressional hearings by FCC Chairman John Doerfer, who remarked that as an administrator he should be out talking to people, but as a judge he should not. Under the fact-finding process, every citizen has the right to be heard before the agencies-and thousands use it. Lawyers have made an art of dragging out a case (at fees up to $500 a day) to their clients' advantage. Nonscheduled North American Airlines was able to hang on for two years, at a profit of $8,000,000 a year...