Word: heard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Faced with such opposition, Zinser resigned. Her decision, she said, was based on the "ground swell of concern for the civil rights of deaf persons." The board is now expected to pick a hearing-impaired president. The voice of the deaf was clearly heard -- and heeded...
...vote tallies accumulated Tuesday night, it appeared for a time that the Bush effort had fallen short by a scant 3,000 votes. "Missouri is definitely lost," Communications Director Teeley remarked. But when the last precincts in St. Louis suburbs were heard from, Bush had won by a margin of 4,500. Dole had failed to carry a single state, while Robertson's organizers managed to win the poorly attended caucuses in Washington State. Talking about the primaries, Atwater exulted, "A clean sweep. A shutout. It doesn't get any better than this...
...paperwork has sent millions more people than usual scurrying for tax help. Ordinarily, about 40% of all taxpayers require professional assistance. This year that figure is expected to reach 60%. Says Jack Brownrigg, an accountant in Honolulu: "I'm getting a flood of calls from people I never heard from before." Proponents of tax reform contend that the confusion will recede as taxpayers learn the new rules. "We are in the transition part," says Robert McIntyre of Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington lobbying group. "The system will get simpler as things like consumer-interest deductions are phased...
Authorities believe the three phone calls may be related, although the recipients of the calls said that the descriptions of the voices they heard did not match...
...heard a swerve like a car making an unexpected turn," the student said. "I turned to see a thin man airborne. He jumped to get away, but he got hit in the back...