Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Louis Symphony Orchestra, 100 miles east of Fulton, the really troublesome iron curtain was the one that divided the massive Kiel Auditorium into two parts: a symphony hall on one side and a sports arena on the other. Once, Pianist Andre Watts, playing a concerto with the orchestra, heard a strange noise. "I thought something was wrong with the timpani," he said, "but it was only applause for a basketball game on the other side of the curtain." Another time, a union party at the arena got so boisterous that light bulbs began falling into the string section...
When they heard that the National Educational Television channels were going to run a 49-minute excerpt of a documentary filmed in North Viet Nam, 33 U.S. Congressmen signed a letter accusing NET of "acting as a conduit of enemy propaganda." It was precipitate on two counts: 1) they had not seen the film, and 2) if they had, they would lave realized that there was no cause for alarm. Northth Viet Nam: A Personal Report, filmed by British Journalist Felix Greene, was so transparently tailored that only a twelve-year-old would buy its presumed authenticity...
...South Boston courthouse in 1966. His subsequent card-burning conviction was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, which declared that the anti-card-burning law was an unconstitutional suppression of "symbolic speech." The Supreme Court agreed to take the case, and last week the justices heard oral arguments...
...bits of supporting circumstantial evidence. A folding linoleum knife was found near the body, and Gary had bought such a knife in a local store. Also, his version of what she screamed ("I'm going to die! I'm going to die!") coincided exactly with what residents heard...
...Freddy grabbed me from behind. I dropped the phone and passed out." When she came to, her husband's body was stuffed in beside her in the car. "I couldn't figure out where I was. I yelled, 'Where am I? Help me!' Then I heard Freddy's voice say: 'You're in the trunk. Dad is dead, and I'm going to kill...