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Word: hearings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from poor immigrants, but there are other considerations." In the American Club, U.S. businessmen snickered knowingly over the old unprintable gags, as they followed Eva in the daily papers. And befurred society women stopped time & again to tell each other: "And my dear, it seems unbelievable, but did you hear what she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Little Eva | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

...armchair lecturegoer with a simple twist of the wrist can hear anything from Homer's Odyssey to an explanation of the weather by lecturers drawn from the staffs of Harvard, Boston College, Boston University Lowell Institute, M.I.T. Northeastern, and Tufts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Institute Takes to Air Dial Twist Cuts Off Professor | 7/11/1947 | See Source »

...Tomorrow's meeting," Karson said," will give every member an opportunity to hear a first hand report on AVC's second national convention. Considering the relatively sparse news coverage given this largest gathering of World War II veterans, this report should be of particular interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVC Gets Report On Milwaukee in Tomorrow's Meet | 7/8/1947 | See Source »

...know you're in there," concluded Mrs. Stark firmly, "because we can hear you playing the piano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: The Crusaders | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

Elephant Rumbles. Between extractions and fillings, Eskelund carried on a romance with a half-caste native girl named Oolong, went on elephant hunts ("You must stand still . . . until you hear the rumble in the elephant's belly"), drank Haig & Haig with the King. Later he moved to Shanghai, where he built a prosperous practice among the Chinese by knocking 10% off his bill (after first adding 10% to the charge). When his son went out from Denmark to join him in 1935, Dr. Eskelund's prestige was already high. Said the sign of one Chinese practitioner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wayward Papa | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

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