Word: heard
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...snaps of agreement could be heard in the room as the Co-op residents voted to keep cooking dinner, another example of the “very, very close-knit” community Hogle described...
Another oft heard complaint is that aside from the dearth of real protection for bona fide informants, the system doesn't do enough to weed out the inveterate liars and con men looking for government shelter. "Many witnesses under protection will say anything to save their skins," says Carlos Gallegos, a lawyer and political analyst at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. "How can the system trust them? They can cause havoc in a legal system as fragile and corrupt as ours...
...they heard suddenly. The two looked up at a group of men around their age. Austin was a more liberal part of Texas than most, but the two began to worry. They hadn’t encountered any homophobia until now in their time together—was their love going to be challenged the very night they got engaged? One of the men standing above them spoke...
...heard rumors about a twenty year wait list, stories about people getting married somewhere else but renewing their vows in Mem Church,” he says. Nevertheless, the couple was able to call the chaplain and set a date right away...
...uprising that almost drove out the Spanish colonizers. Katari was eventually captured and drawn and quartered, but before dying, he warned, "I will return, and I will be made of millions." His quote has been oft repeated since Morales won his first term, and it will no doubt be heard again throughout the second...