Word: heard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Born on the Fourth of July succeeds and is memorable. An intimate and convincing portrait of Kovic emerges: we permit him his autobiographical indulgences as well as his justified outrage. This serves to continually remind us that he is a real man choked with sincere anguish, longing to be heard, and not a literary fiction. Look at me, Kovic seems to say, and never forget the war that made me what...
...even the most normal actions may be judged political in the campaign season. Unusual actions, like the mass flu inoculations, are subject to deep suspicion and intense scrutiny. There are bills to be signed or vetoed, delegations seen and heard, world and national events commented on. Each day of a President's life is crowded with decisions that are statements of purpose and position. That record is fixed, not mere rhetoric that can be altered the next...
...point is, we've heard it all before; a little straight talk is in order. Six losses cannot be explained as the simple result of a few bad bounces. Rhode Island, 2, Harvard, 0; Weslyan, 2, Harvard, 1; Cornell, 2, Harvard, 0; Amherst, 5, Harvard, 1; Dartmouth, 3, Harvard, 2; B.U., 1, Harvard, 0. Something, the record clearly shows, is wrong...
...This is a very, very, big upset, to put it mildly," K-House Coach Mike Bruich said of his team's loss to Leverett. He added, "Kirkland will be heard from." But not in Ithaca...
That is why the code's nine-member review board convenes periodically to examine the ad guidelines as it did last week in Phoenix. Among arguments they heard was a plea from Playtex that ads showing brassieres floating through space or worn over a model's leotard fail to communicate their virtues adequately. Playtex had tested one of the show-it-like-it-is bra commercials that it runs in Europe on U.S. TV recently, and assured the board that the ad was calmly received. But the members, evidently lacking the common denominator for such a sweeping change...