Word: listened
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hennessey, Pauls Valley, Upper Sandusky and Lower Salem. By the time he reached Oklahoma he was happily exhibiting two ten-gallon hats, a lariat, and a pair of spurs, gifts from the grateful citizenry en route. When a critic out front challenged his pronunciation he broke off and said: "Listen, I came off a farm in Ohio...
Minnesota's earnest young Senator Joe Ball set his own terms for supporting either Dewey or Roosevelt: the winner must convince Ball of the sincerity and strength of his internationalism. Then he sat back to listen. First he heard Tom Dewey's midweek broadcast; then he listened to Franklin Roosevelt. His decision: "I shall vote for and support Franklin Roosevelt." His reasoning...
...CAMPAIGN (See Cover) For the next three weeks Tom Dewey, the challenger, will be under the intensest public scrutiny any American can undergo. Millions of Americans will stare at him or his pictures, will listen to and study his words, and read what hundreds of reporters write about...
...people could listen daily to Congress and they got tired of too much dullness, they'd either change the membership or register their will in some fashion. If we don't broadcast the proceedings some time and keep step with the advance of radio, the people are going to begin asking whether we are afraid to let them hear what we are saying. It's their business we are transacting...
Resolved: That no woman of true delicacy would be willing in the presence of men to listen to the discussion of the subjects that necessarily come under the consideration of the student of medicine...