Word: heed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wide range: from the executive who won't hire Negroes to the lower-middle class homeowner who is desperately insecure about his status, and opposes Negroes buying homes on his street. It is uncertain here too whether those store owners who displayed pictures of Kennedy in their windows will heed his exhortations, and those of his successor...
Though it is difficult to listen to an alien who so frankly divulges our faults, we should not fear her. Perhaps it would do us good to heed her admonitions...
Grant swept right end from the 15, and was embraced by Cornell's Mike Strick on the five. Paying little heed to the impediment, Grant literally carried Strick into the end zone with him. John Hartranft's kick tied the score with two minutes gone in the second quarter...
This was a highly selective policy, concentrating on Negro voting rights. The brothers reasoned that once Negroes can cast their fair share of votes in state and local elections in the South, white politicians will be compelled to heed the Negroes' demands. "The most significant civil rights problem," Bobby kept saying, "is voting...
...backyards and on beaches, wherever the sun shines brightly, multitudes of people have begun to stretch out like so many sausages on a griddle-all for the sake of a handsome, "healthy" tan. This rite of summer is warming, relaxing and so socially desirable that few sun worshipers heed the constant words of caution from doctors. Despite its appearance of health, a suntan apparently has little physical value; too much sun over a long period of time may permanently damage the skin...