Word: heard
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About eight hours after Pueblo was towed into Wonsan, the Pentagon released word of her capture. In Yokosuka, the pregnant wife of Pueblo's executive officer, Lieut. Edward R. Murphy, heard about it from a neighbor, who heard it from her radio. As for the wounded crewmen, the Pentagon could not say which of Pueblo's complement of six officers, 75 enlisted men and two civilian hydrographers had been injured...
...They heard him say, with his dying breath...
When a shout rang out and he turned and he heard somebody...
...were too busy following the puck to see exactly what happened to Masterton next. Only a few watched his skates slip out from under him as he toppled backward. His head hit the ice, and blood gushed from his nose and ears. A teammate who rushed to his aid heard Masterton murmur, "Never again. Never again." Then he lost consciousness. Thirty hours later, Bill Masterton died from what doctors described as a "massive brain injury." He was the first player to be killed in the 51-year history of the N.H.L...
Such is the future of U.S. railroading, and so auspicious is the outlook for the Penn Central merger, that Stuart Saunders last week relaxed his customary aggressiveness. "I have heard it said that a long courtship makes for a happy marriage," said Saunders, as he looked back over the years of fuss and frustration, "and I hope that it is true, for it will surely mean eternal bliss for the Penn Central." Bliss, perhaps. But with Saunders running things, certainly not tranquillity. Honoring Saunders last week with its annual Benjamin Franklin award, Philadelphia's Poor Richard Club summed...