Word: heeding
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...more individuals jumped at the chance to make a symbol of this namesake of a great American educator. First Liberty ship to bear a Negro's name, she is the first to be christened by a member of the Negro race-Marian Anderson, contralto-and the first to heed a Negro's command, the first to flout time-encrusted taboos against "checkerboarding" among licensed personnel...
...conferees wrote into the bill a recommendation that draft boards defer bona fide family men, whether supporting their families or nota recommendation many of the boards cannot heed unless they can draft 18- and 19-year-olds. But with family allowances in force, some patriotic 3-As will be able to volunteer...
Promises that the British Government would heed the voice of its people-and of the Russians-had been piling up for weeks past. But, wrapped in the rhetoric of Winston Churchill and the cautious legal phrases of Sir Stafford Cripps, they had somehow lacked the impact of a pledge. Last week the assurance came, not flat, not unequivocal, but clear...
Numerous petitions and cries for annulment of this ordinance have already gone up, with such men as Professors Schlessinger, Owen, Chaffee, Murdock, and Friedrich among the protesting voices. Mayor Tobin will be side-stepping a definite obligation if he fails to heed this widespread demand for immediate veto...
...past, Army and civilian defense officials have feared that use of the sirens would cause the public unnecessary alarm at first, while their continued use would cause indifference leading eventually to failure to heed the warning in the event of a real raid...