Word: listened
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...newsmen knew that another prospect was not so pleasant. The whole military philosophy of fighting the slippery, lightly equipped Jap had to be rewritten. And Uncle Joe had all the notes for the new text, if only he could make other soldiers listen...
...Donahue, and three of Fats Waller's band. But that sardine can atmosphere you find there, with people at, on, and under every table trying to get a look at the performers, is not conducive to enjoying the music at all. Still, if you were comfortable enough to listen, the output was naturally quite savory...
With all this evidence you can't deny me that there is better hunting for the chasseur de jazz now than when I inherited this young column, to play with a year ago. And finding all this to listen to and write about has been an increasing justification for my doing so regularly in a paper which reviews plays, books, and movies only casually and occasionally runs something about classical music. If there is enough interest shown next fall to warrant continuing the "Swing" column when the Crimson returns to a five-day week, a competition will...
...Fallen Great. Few men nowadays challenge the assertion that for leadership the people now listen to the Government's executives, take counsel from the nation's press (whether or not they agree with it), get their debates and oratory from radio forums-but they watch Congress mainly for laughs...
Asked about the possibility of his visiting the U.S.* he said: "I have no faith that I could do anything good for India by going to America. They would lionize people; they would listen to them, but they would go their own way. . . . It is difficult to wean the golden calf from the worshipers of Mammon...