Word: heard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offer for magazine rights to the book, attempted to determine the highlights of its contents by talking to some of those who were familiar with the work. Lipscomb two weeks ago offered to confirm or deny some details TIME had learned, but changed his mind after he had heard them...
...cocktail party, an Ethiopian official smilingly told the reporters that "we may be forced to take a revolutionary step against those deviating from the program." Since "revolutionary step" is the government euphemism for an execution, the bad joke drew some ragged laughter-but not from those who had heard the staccato of automatic-rifle fire near the hotel before the party began...
...irked lawyers haled the chief before the American Bar Association meeting in New Orleans last week on charges of shooting from the lip. He had meant only trial lawyers, it turned out, and his calculation had been based on rank hearsay: Burger had chatted with various trial judges, heard competency estimates ranging from 25% to 75% and simply split the difference. One barrister labeled Burger's remarks "preposterous and flippant," while another cited more scientific studies pegging the incompetency rate at 8% to 30%. After a shouting delegate pleaded for an end to the embarrassing "snarling catfight" with...
...took a nap atop Shaun's two albums (combined sales: 5 million copies), warping them into a couple of vinyl flapjacks. Maybe the picture tube in the TV blew out, and she will miss Shaun in this week's installment of The Hardy Boys. Maybe she has heard Shaun announce that because of assorted pressures, "I may never be able to have a relationship that lasts more than a few months...
...latest crisis was set off because HUD executives heard that Zimmerman and one other anti-Hunter director would not be nominated for re-election at a board meeting scheduled for this Tuesday. So the White House dispatched Strauss to settle the fight and get Hunter's terms for resigning. Meeting with Strauss last week, Hunter talked about quitting in the future, provided that the Administration would guarantee Fannie Mae's "fiscal integrity and independence." Hunter also wanted all of HUD'S authority over Fannie Mae transferred to the Treasury. But Pat Harris rejected any such deal...