Word: hearded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...discovered Private Lightning," Falk smiles proudly. "And the first time The Talking Heads were heard on the radio was here." Their song "Psychokiller" has gained them acclaim in punk rock circles...
...last public debate between Hatch and his Democratic opponent Edward J. King is over. Dick Mastrangelo, Hatch's not-so-very-confident and slightly overweight campaign manager, raises his hand for silence. "Now, we're all very proud of Frank. He did a real good job tonight. You heard him. But you also heard those poll results. That's what I'm looking at. As far as I'm concerned this race starts today, and it's a dead heat now. Five days and 10 hours. We have to get out there and work. If he loses...
...attention, Carter appointed Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman Alfred Kahn, a hero in the airline deregulation push, to head his new anti-inflation drive (see box). How did the arrival of Kahn impress Carter's team of economic advisers? Said Schultze: "I feel like Churchill must have felt when he heard that the Americans were entering World...
...they have three children. Kahn swims, skis, jogs and likes to sing Gilbert and Sullivan tunes. A certain whimsy is often on display. In a memo he once urged his staff to avoid gobbledygook and write "as though you are talking to or communicating with real people. I have heard it said that style is not substance, but without style what is substance?" Kahn concluded: "A final example of pomposity, probably, is this memo itself...
Blair House has heard just about every kind of talk before, some strong and some gentle. WilHam Tecumseh Sherman, the man who later marched to the sea, was married there in 1850. One day in 1861 at breakfast, Navy Captain David Glasgow Farragut ("Damn the torpedoes-full speed ahead!") was told he was to command the Union attack against New Orleans. And in a front room Robert E. Lee turned down command of the Union armies, a melancholy prelude to many visits by the anguished Lincoln, who used to prowl the area...