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Word: heard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Audience response to Frank's speech was generally positive. "I think what he was doing, speaking to constituents, has a very positive effect--politically, it's the smart thing to do," said Alexander Vasilyonok, a Cambridge resident who heard Frank's speech...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frank Won't Resign Congressional Seat | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...crop of hopefuls cut from the same professional cloth is lining up to challenge Washington's Marion Barry, who has been weakened by continuing allegations of drug abuse. Barry's dilemma worsened last week when a grand jury heard testimony from a witness who said she saw the mayor in a Virgin Islands hotel room last year with convicted drug dealer Charles Lewis and a quantity of cocaine. If Barry is forced to resign or decides not to run for a fourth term next year, Jesse Jackson may enter the race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope, Not Fear | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...other comments that the authors note are more obscure. When was the last time you heard these lines, incorrectly attributed to poet Ogden Nash: "Shake and Shake the catsup bottle./ None will come, and then...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Bartlett's Book of Misquotations | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

...teaching fellow, who asked to remain anonymous, said he has heard several complaints about limited course selection. He said the problem stems in part from Harvard's policy of allowing professors to design courses that they teach, rather than requiring a standard list of courses to be taught...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: Students Decry Limited History Offerings | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

Chaos reigned on St. Croix, as police and National Guard soldiers joined machete-armed mobs on a post-Hugo looting spree. Gunshots were fired, and ham radio operators heard reports that inmates had either escaped or been released because of prison damage and were looting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hugo Threatens U.S.; Islands Left Ravaged | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

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