Word: listening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Demagogues Take Note." Before midnight, Johnson claimed a landslide. Said he: "I am beating him six to one." Then he booted his beaten opponent, crying: "The voice of the demagogue was heard throughout our state. The people listened-and then voted for the path of moderation. Demagogues everywhere listen and take note...
...Jane Smith, who added one more concert to her list of impressive performances. There is commonly a distinction between "musicians" and "singers", but Miss Smith is obviously both. She has an exciting lyrical voice and a sensitive way of spinning a phrase that make it always a pleasure to listen...
Beyond accepting this premise, John Foster Dulles himself seemed a little vague on what was to be done (TIME, April 30), talked of his willingness to listen, and had no blueprints. Even so, the U.S. change of course was important and welcome. It came at a time when many NATO nations are regretful about the retirement (in November) of General Al Gruenther, discouraged at the disunity among partners caused by issues such as Cyprus, and dilatory over honoring their military commitments, out of a growing conviction that war is not just around the corner...
...more ways than one. He had six wives, 25 children and, as an extra bonus from nature, eleven fingers. But, what with the astrologers and all, even Kamthorn could never be quite confident, so that it was in the Year of the Goat that he first began to listen attentively when the local priest, Abbot Phra Viradhammuni of the Trai Mitra monastery, begged him for the thousandth time to help build a temple...
...topped Poet Carl Sandburg, 78, downed some scrambled eggs and deplored the U.S.'s manner of pursuing happiness. Result of the pursuit: "Fat-dripping prosperity." Said the Illinois sage: "When the goal of a country is only happiness and comfort, there is danger. Albert Einstein said as much . . . Listen, 'To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me.' You see, he wants the element of struggle in life." What is life's main purpose? "Before you go to sleep at night, you say, 'I haven...