Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...word that many people whose homes are threatened by the huge Inner Belt highway had informally decided not to vote. This was in an area where he had worked hard and anticipated strong support. "But there was no group of people I could call together and say, 'I've heard that people in your area are going to stay home. Is it true? Let's get something up to get these people out.'" So he was helpless...
...These people have been at it for years," says the General. "They've heard every conceivable lie and they know how to get the truth. You intellectuals always seem to underestimate the people in this country. I think the autonomy of the local boards is the best thing about the present system...
...wait in da car." He ran his luck through nearly 150 movie roles, but by 1941 gangster parts were declared bad for the image of a nation at war. As the clean-cut types moved in, Leonard moved out to the one medium where he could be heard but not seen: radio...
...When he heard that Luna 7 had successfully fired its braking retrorockets and had transmitted signals for three seconds after hitting the moon, Barringer became convinced that the craft was not demolished upon impact. The tardy retrorocket firing that probably made the difference between success and failure, Barringer decided, could have been caused by an altimeter error of as little as 30 ft. - which some scientists believe is the approximate depth of a layer of porous rock or partially compacted dust that covers the moon. Barringer's conclusion: Russian radar penetrated the moon's top layer, reflected back...
...naturally get no royalties from the piratings, are equally irritated. Mezzo-Soprano Regina Resnik, rummaging through a record bin a few years ago, was startled to hear a recording of Wagner's Ring cycle, whose label listed a cast of singers and an opera company she had never heard of. "You know who that is singing?," she cried at the proprietor. "That's me!", and she got a court order to ban its further sale...