Word: heard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1980s, however, Hazelwood's drinking problem had become so obvious that seamen on other Exxon ships knew of it. "Ever since I had known of Joe, I heard he had alcohol problems," says James Shiminski, an Exxon chief mate until 1986. "He had a reputation for partying, ashore and on the ship." In 1984, while off duty, Hazelwood was arrested for drunken driving in Huntington, and later convicted. Police say he was leaving a parking lot of a tavern where he had been attending a bachelor party for his brother Joshua, when his van smashed into a car. Hazelwood left...
Bump! He was beginning to find his own way. There were other lessons to learn. His teacher played him some Art Tatum. Bump! " 'Does he have three hands?' It was the first time I heard something I couldn't see myself doing." He kept on learning and playing. He met Marsalis during his days at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Bump again! Marsalis talked to Roberts about the roots of jazz, challenged him intellectually, encouraged him to develop a philosophy: "Feeling is not fact." By senior year Marsalis invited Roberts to play a few gigs. Florida State promptly lost...
Frequently heard among Chinese students is the argument that sanctions would only hurt the Chinese people...
...like a dream, something I had alwaysheard about," she said. "[Harvard] was one ofthose big words that you've heard about and younever knew...
After the fourth hour of delays, I distinctly heard my father say, "I am having an existentialist crisis. Right...