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Word: listened (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Teach the Heart." During con versation-less meals in the peaceful refec tory they listen to reading selected "to teach the heart [and] the intellect." At day's end (8:30 p.m.), with the words, "the Divine help remain with us always, Amen," they begin the Great Silence which (except for words of worship) lasts until after breakfast the next morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Episcopalian Monks | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

...thousand of the millions of U.S. citizens who listen to radio news commentaries every day got a closer look at the men they hear. Variety published a chart (headed "Gabbers' Dun & Bradstreet"), that listed the experience and political inclinations of 30 of radio's best-known commentators. For what it was worth, Variety also undertook to rate them in merit. Some of the findings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: 30 Know-lt-Alls | 8/6/1945 | See Source »

...Wilson, and some of the old-line R.A. Colonels-that makes the next five miles seem like only four! And when General Eisenhower backed up Mauldin against all the stars-well, after that, Ike was our man. Through Up Front we can bitch to the men we want to listen. [SERVICEMAN'S NAME WITHHELD] Westhampton Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 9, 1945 | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

Last week the Wends pondered the Wendish words of a voice speaking over the Prague radio: "Wends, listen! Victorious Marshal Stalin, liberator of all Slavs, has also freed the Lusatian Wends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: The Wends | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

...that sleep can be dangerous, he had an artist do a painting of the wreck, hung it in his office. A worrier, he devised ways to check on his salesmen's selling talks. One way: he hid microphones behind pictures and under display radios so that he could listen in on the sales spiel in the privacy of his rooftop office. He pioneered in the building of super-duper radios, sold them to wealthy householders for as much as $15,000 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hail and Farewell | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

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